Sioux City, Iowa — A man who committed a bank robbery in Sanborn only two months after being placed on supervised release for two previous bank robberies was sentenced on Wednesday, to more than 15 years in federal prison.
According to the US Attorney’s Office, 40-year-old Del Evans, Jr. of Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after a September 4, 2024, guilty plea to bank robbery.
They tell us that evidence in the case revealed that over a year ago, on January 22, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Evans walked into the Sanborn Savings Bank, and handed the teller a note demanding money. Evans obtained cash, exited the bank, and fled on foot. Law enforcement officers identified Evans through surveillance footage and located his residence. Law enforcement converged on the residence, conducted what’s known as “a cordon and call out.” A cordon was set up around the house, and Evans was called out. He peacefully surrendered.
At the time of the bank robbery, Evans was on supervised release for a 2014 bank robbery spree. Evans admitted to the crime, identified the clothing he wore, and described using a note during the robbery. He took the note back to his home, where he ripped it apart and threw it in the bathroom trash. During the execution of a search warrant on Evans’ home, the clothing and money were located, as well as the torn-up note in the bathroom trash. Evans has been convicted of four armed robberies and four more unarmed robberies and an attempted robbery not including the Sanborn offense. In 2008, Evans, at the age of 24, was convicted for bank robbery, and attempted bank robbery. In 2014, at the age of 30, Evans committed a spree of three bank robberies, as well as an escape.
Evans was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand to 188 months’ imprisonment (That’s 15 years and 8 months). He was also ordered to make over $5,400 in restitution. He was also sentenced to serve a consecutive 24-month sentence for the supervised release violation. He must then also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Evans is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. The case was investigated by O’Brien County Sheriff’s Department, Sanborn Police Department, Sheldon Police Department, Hartley Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
