Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
A Bucks County judge called a Tullytown Borough man who sexually abused two teenage boys “evil” at his sentencing Tuesday.
Judge Raymond McHugh sentenced John Michael Evans, 41, to two terms of 10 to 20 years in state prison. He was also sentenced to 20 years of consecutive probation, which was part of a negotiated deal, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
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Evans pleaded guilty in February to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
Evans abused the two teens separately. One of the boys was a foster child placed in the care of Evans and his wife, according to authorities.
Evans worked as a bus driver in both the Bristol Township and Pennsbury school districts. He also previously was a coach for youth sports in the Levittown area.
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During Tuesday’s sentencing, Deputy District Attorney Kate Kohler read the victims’ impact statements into the record. One of the boys said Evans abuse gave him post-traumatic stress disorder and nightmares. The other asked the judge to “please stop him for as long as possible.”
McHugh called Evans someone who takes advantage of the weak and disadvantaged.
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Evans will undergo a Sex Offender Assessment Board evaluation to determine his offender classification.
The foster child, who was 16 at the time of the abuse, was placed in the care of the Evans family in April 2020. The sexual abuse began not long after and continued until June 2020. The sexual abuse often occurred when Evans gave the boy alcohol or money for marijuana, Tullytown Borough police said.
The foster child said Evans had nude photos of him and set up sexual encounters with other men that included the teen. Evans told the teen to tell the men that he had graduated high school, according to police.
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Evans reportedly told the boy he had sexually abused another boy and no one would believe him if he went to authorities.
The second victim – a 17-year-old boy – first reported his abuse by Evans to authorities in December 2019.
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The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office has stated the 17-year-old boy’s report of sexual abuse was not able to be corroborated at the time, but the second boy coming forward pushed the case forward and led to charges being filed last June.
“As is too often the case, this predator intentionally placed himself in a position of trust relative to the children he preyed upon,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said in a statement Tuesday. “He deserves every minute of the ten to twenty year state prison sentence he got. Total confinement is the only way we can keep other children safe from him.”
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