FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after sexually assaulting a teenager in a park.
He was found guilty just over a week on two counts of unlawful sexual activity, resisting an officer without violence, and possession of cocaine.
In 2023, Thayer Van Evans attacked a 17-year-old girl near a park in Fort Myers.
Police say a woman who was living in the park called 911, after seeing Evans drag the girl into the woods.
Investigators found him riding a bike along a lake.
Upon his arrest, police located cocaine on him.
He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
