Updated: November 14, 2017


A FLORENCE MAN WHO WAS ISSUED A 13 COUNT INDICTMENT BY A LAUDERDALE COUNTY GRAND JURY IN 2016 PLEADED GUILTY TODAY.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, COREY DAVIS, 29, ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO TWO COUNTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SECOND DEGREE AND WILL BE SENTENCED TO CONCURRENT LIFE SENTENCES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.  THE JURY SELECTION FOR THE TRIAL BEGAN MONDAY AND DAVIS ENTERED THE PLEA JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE JURY WAS CALLED TO HEAR OPENING STATEMENTS THIS MORNING.  DAVIS IS ACCUSED OF RAPING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE WOMEN, ONE OF WHICH WAS FOUND TIED AND GAGGED IN THE BASEMENT OF AN ABANDONED HOUSE.  DAVIS HAS BEEN IN THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON BAIL TOTALING 4 HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS SINCE HIS ARREST AND WILL BE FORMALLY SENTENCED ON DECEMBER 6TH.