DATE: September 21, 2026
CASE: Lorenzo Deboy Davis (Case #23FE018474)
PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Ryan Roebuck, Adult Sexual Assault Prosecution Unit
On September 17, 2026, Lorenzo Deboy Davis (a.k.a. the La Riviera Area Rapist) was convicted by a jury of three counts of forcible rape, three counts forcible oral copulation, first-degree robbery, attempted first-degree robbery, two counts first-degree burglary and assault with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, oral copulation.
Lorenzo Deboy Davis targeted college aged women living alone in the La Riviera area of Sacramento. On November 12, 2021, Davis pushed his way into the apartment of the first victim as she was unloading groceries. Once inside, he attempted to rob her by threatening to shoot her and then took sexually assaulted her. Davis made the victim shower to destroy any DNA evidence. This process repeated a number of times resulting in an hours long cycle of sexual assault, then showering to remove DNA evidence. Davis later had the victim drive him to a liquor store, where she was able to alert staff and other customers before Davis fled the area. Davis attacked the second victim in the exact same manner. The second victim initially tried to fight Davis off and scratched his face, leaving DNA under her fingernails. As Davis was about assault the second victim, a neighbor heard commotion and knocked at the front door. When Davis went to answer the door to send the neighbor away, the victim flung herself off of the second story stairwell, sustaining minor injuries. Davis then fled the scene. DNA from swabs taken from the first victim’s sexual assault examination matched DNA from the second victim’s nails linking Davis to both crimes.
An allegation that Davis has a prior strike for robbery will be determined at the sentencing hearing.
Davis faces a maximum sentence of 180 years and 8 months to life in prison. Sentencing is set for November 6, 2026, at 11 AM in Department 13A before the Honorable James Arguelles.