CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart
announced that former Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff Robert Dwight Evans, 52, of
Boomer was sentenced today to three years of probation for lying to the
FBI. Stuart commended the investigative
efforts of the FBI and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
“A trusted law enforcement officer aiding and abetting a
drug trafficking organization. Tragic,” said United States Attorney Mike
Stuart. “No one is immune from the opioid epidemic. The brave men and women of
law enforcement are on the front lines of this battle every single day. They are heroes on the front lines of this
battle. Evan’s actions were reckless, dangerous, and risked the very lives of
those he swore to protect.”
Evans pled guilty in October 2018, admitting that he lied to
an FBI agent about buying opioid pain medication from a target of an FBI drug
trafficking investigation. During the
Spring and Summer of 2017, the FBI conducted an investigation of a large-scale
drug trafficking organization operating in Kanawha and Fayette Counties. During that investigation, agents searched
the telephone of one of the targets of investigation and recovered text
messages between that dealer and Evans which revealed that Evans had been
buying pills from that individual for several months. Agents also learned that Evans had run
license plate numbers and Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) at the request
of members and other associates of the organization.
On June 28, 2017, FBI agents confronted Evans at his
residence and asked him about his involvement with the targets of the
investigation. He admitted conducting
license plate checks but denied buying pills from any member of the
organization. The Kanawha County
Sheriff’s Department launched an internal investigation of Evans during which
he resigned his position.
United States District Judge Irene C. Berger imposed the
sentence. Assistant United States
Attorney Joshua C. Hanks handled the prosecution.
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