UCF junior basketball player Shaheed Davis was arrested on Jan. 12 for knowingly driving with a suspended license, according to a police report obtained by KnightNews.com
Around 2:15 p.m., police pulled Davis over in the Delta Delta Delta sorority house parking lot, police said. Police said they ran his license plate number and saw he had a suspended license.
Davis told police he didn’t have his license and confirmed to police he knew his license was suspended, but needed to go to basketball practice, according to the report.
Police said that Davis was cited one day prior, on Jan. 11, for knowingly driving with a suspended license, but was not arrested. Police said that due to Davis having prior knowledge of his driving privileges being suspended, and his total disregard for the citation he received a day earlier, he was arrested.
Davis’s license was suspended for failure to pay two citations in Brevard County on Jan. 16 2014 and Feb. 12 2014. His license was then canceled/expired on Aug. 19 2014.
Davis was transported to Orange County Jail and held on a $500 bond.
The junior forward transferred to UCF after playing two seasons of junior college basketball at Eastern Florida State. Davis is averaging 5.1 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game in his first season as a Knight.
Davis has seen game action since his arrest, tallying seven points in 15 minutes on Jan. 17 in a 99-79 loss to Memphis. However, he did not play in the Tulane game on Jan. 14, just two days after his arrest.
KnightNews.com reached out to Associate Director of Athletics Communications Dan Forcella who told KnightNews.com that the situation has been handled and he cannot comment further.
“Coach Jones has handled this situation with Shaheed internally,” Forcella said.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
