Pickens County Man sentenced for Criminal Sexual Conduct

A Pickens County jury convicted a Central man of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced 51-year-old Vernon Glen Evans to 30-years. The judge stipulated that he must serve 25 and half years before becoming eligible for parole. According to an announcement by 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins, Evans used his friendship of the victim’s father to position himself as a volunteer babysitter. Wilkins said it was in that capacity as a babysitter, when the sexual abuse took place.