Update: Sex offender pleads guilty for child molestation, lewd act
Jonathan Davis, age 48
Davis faces eight years in state prison for his conviction
– Jonathan Oscar Davis (48) of Santa Maria has pleaded guilty to felony child molestation and misdemeanor lewd act on a child ten years of age. In admitting the child molestation charge, Davis also admitted that he was convicted three times previously for child molestation, two in 2006 and one in 2019. Davis also admitted that he was convicted in 2001 for residential burglary out of San Francisco County, a strike under California’s Three Strikes Law.
The current crime occurred mid-morning of Aug. 19, 2023, at Bath and Body Works in downtown San Luis Obispo and involved a ten-year-old child, identified in the criminal complaint as Jane Doe. It is the policy of the District Attorney’s Office to identify victims of sexual assault by a pseudonym to protect their privacy.
Davis faces eight years in state prison for his conviction and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5, in Department 6 of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court.
The case was investigated by the San Luis Obispo City Police Department and is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Kimberly Dittrich who is assigned to the District Attorney’s Sexual Assault Prosecution Unit.
Original article posted Aug. 25:
Sex offender accused of inappropriately touching minor in downtown SLO
– On Saturday, Aug. 19, at approximately 11 a.m., the San Luis Obispo Police Department received a report of an adult male who had followed a female adolescent into a business and inappropriately touched her.
Responding officers found 48-year-old Jonathan Davis still inside the business. The victim told officers that Davis had followed her into the store and “grabbed her buttocks and attempted to pick her up.” The victim and a nearby sibling then yelled for their mother and Davis walked away but remained inside the store. The mother confronted Davis about touching her child, instructed him to stay inside the store, and called 911.
Davis was arrested and booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail for the following crimes:
- Felony annoying or molesting a child under 18
- Felony second or more offense annoying or molesting a child under 18
- Misdemeanor assault and battery
- Misdemeanor lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14
- Five-year enhancement for a prior conviction of a serious or violent felony
Davis was convicted of annoying or molesting a child under 18 in 2007 and 2019 and is a registered sex offender. People convicted of sex crimes are required to register as a sex offender with local authorities.
Davis is in custody at the time of this release with bail set at $150,000.
