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International drug crime fugitive and felon Dan Davis, born in Pierre, grew up in Onida, South Dakota, succeeding as a high school athlete and summer jockey at regional horse races in Fort Pierre and Aberdeen. That was before he went on to make and spend millions of dollars over two decades of dealing speed pills, pot and cocaine before fleeing federal charges of dealing methamphetamine. He traveled the world incognito for 13 years before the feds finally nailed him in [...]

Dan Davis, just back from a world tour and meeting the Dalai Lama, met with old friends from Onida on Saturday in Pierre, signing copies of his book on being a world-traveling drug fugitive and longtime federal prisoner. “I’m June Cary,” said June Cary Classen as she approached Davis in the Prairie Pages Bookseller in Pierre. “JUNE!,” Davis said, getting up to hug her. She was class of 1975, he was class of 1972 in Onida. “I hadn’t seen [...]

Long before they came for him with a black hood and handguns, Dan “Tito” Davis — a lifelong drug dealer by trade — sensed his fate had already been decided. Davis, now 63, was born in Pierre and grew up in Onida, the son of “Shorty,” a mechanic, and Marcelleen, a homemaker who later spent 20 years toiling as a janitor at the local school. The small town about 25 miles northeast of Pierre was idyllic in the 1960s [...]

Dan “Tito” Davis, Black Hills State, is a Sig Tau alumni who recently became a published author. With the help of Peter Conti, the book “Gringo,” is the untold story of Dan and his unique life journey. His book recently topped one of Amazon’s “hot new releases” charts and has over a four-star rating, with over 200 reviews on Barnes & Noble’s website. Q: Where did the idea about writing a book generate from? A: I had been on five [...]

To say Peter Conti is multi-talented is an understatement. He is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and producer who has collaborated with Joe Pesci on the hit plays “House Arrest” and “Murderers Anonymous.” He also produced and directed the best-selling video “A Boxer’s Workout” with Mickey Rourke and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. He has written short stories and worked on feature films with Martin Scorsese. His latest effort, “Gringo: My Life On The Edge As An International Fugitive,” is a collaboratiion [...]

What if tomorrow, you had to leave your family, your home, and everything you’ve ever known to become a fugitive in a country where you couldn’t even speak the language?   Do you think you’d survive? Dan “Tito” Davis did. In his real-life memoir, Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive, written while serving a 10-year prison sentence, he details his shocking story of the 13 years he spent on the run from the United States federal government. Davis [...]