Akron man gets 46 years in prison for violent crime spree that included rape

By Ed Meyer
Beacon Journal staff writer

POSTED: 12:42 p.m. EST, Jan 25, 2010

A 20-year-old Akron man was sentenced today to 46 years in prison for a series of armed robberies and other violent crimes involving University of Akron students in May and early June last year, authorities said.

Davarius C. Allen, who gave police an address on Sumner Street, was convicted last week in a Summit County jury trial on eight counts of aggravated robbery, three counts of aggravated burglary, two counts of rape and a count of felonious assault, all with gun specifications.

He also was convicted of receiving stolen property for numerous items stolen during the robberies, burglaries and rapes.

Prosecutors said Allen robbed four students at gunpoint May 13 on Sherman Street. He stole their wallets and credit cards and one victim's car.
Two weeks later, Allen entered an upstairs apartment on Allyn Street and raped a female college student at gunpoint.

Allen and an alleged accomplice, Thomas Maurice Knight, 22, were arrested June 3 after police said they robbed three college students at gunpoint on Buchtel Street.
Allen was found hiding under the porch of a house on Nash Street following a police chase.

Knight, who gave police the same Sumner Street address as Allen, is scheduled for trial March 23 before Common Pleas Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove, who also handled Allen's case.

Knight is charged with multiple counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, felonious assault and accompanying gun specifications.

From: http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/82607847.html