SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Alan Davis, who has spent more than 25 years defying Seminole County officials over his junk-filled yard, was arrested Monday on charges of driving without a license, resisting arrest and misusing 911, court records show.
Davis, 70, was taken into custody on Aug. 17 by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office after a deputy said he ran a stop sign near Raymond Avenue and North Street in Longwood.
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When a deputy asked Davis for his driver’s license, Davis allegedly refused.
“The driver advised that he is not providing me with his information due to him not driving,” the deputy wrote. “It should be noted that the driver was the sole occupant in the vehicle and was in the driver’s seat before and after the traffic stop.”
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Davis then called 911 on his cellphone and told a dispatcher he was being “carjacked by an armed officer who seems to be in liberation with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department,” according to the arrest report.
As the deputy attempted to remove Davis from the car and handcuff him, Davis tensed his arms and raised his left arm out of reach, the report states.
Records indicate Davis’s driver’s license was suspended in September 2010 for failure to pay a court financial obligation and was later canceled indefinitely.
Davis was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility and was later released on a $1,500 bond. He faces three charges: driving without ever having obtained a license, misuse of 911 services and resisting an officer without violence.
“I placed the cop that stopped me under ‘citizen’s arrest’ prior to calling 911,” Davis told News 6. “I called 911 to have him picked up.”
Davis is no stranger to confrontations with Seminole County authorities. His property on Alpine Street has been the subject of multiple code enforcement cases since 2000, with fines exceeding $5.4 million as of 2025 — penalties he has made clear he has no intention of paying.
His yard has long been home to scrap metal, junked vehicles, rusted appliances and several large fiberglass sculptures of human buttocks — all part of what Davis calls a First Amendment-protected political protest against the county.
“I pile it up intentionally to aggravate them,” Davis told News 6 in 2025.
His defiance has come at a cost. In 2004, a jury convicted Davis of a third-degree felony for violating Florida’s litter law, resulting in nearly a year in state prison — followed by additional time in custody after he repeatedly violated the terms of his supervised release.
He later pleaded no contest to a separate felony littering charge in 2017 and was sentenced to a year in the county jail after a judge found he had failed to comply with local ordinances.
“I’ve been a renegade all my life,” Davis has said. “I don’t like being told what to do.”
Seminole County officials have said their options remain limited under current state law.
Davis’s property is shielded from seizure by Florida’s constitutional homestead exemption, and his home is not located within a homeowner’s association.
The county has acknowledged community frustration over the decades-long issue, noting it has pursued every legal remedy available under state statutes — including accumulating fines against the property — for more than 25 years. Without changes to state law, officials have said their ability to take further action remains restricted.
Davis remains unapologetic.
“Freedom has a look. This is what it looks like. This is freedom,” he told News 6 in 2025 as he gestured toward his cluttered yard. “If the government can tell you what to do with your property, you don’t have freedom.”