Del Evans, Jr., a 40-year-old Chicago man with a history of bank robberies, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after committing another robbery just two months into his supervised release.
Evans received an 188-month sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand on February 26, 2025, following his guilty plea to bank robbery on September 4, 2024. This latest conviction stems from a January 22, 2024, incident at the Sanborn Savings Bank, where Evans handed a teller a note demanding money before fleeing on foot.
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Law enforcement swiftly identified Evans through surveillance footage and located his residence. After setting up a perimeter and conducting a “cordon and call out,” Evans peacefully surrendered.
At the time of this robbery, Evans was on supervised release for a 2014 bank robbery spree. He confessed to the crime, identifying the clothing he wore and describing the note he used, which he later tore up and discarded in his bathroom trash. A subsequent search warrant of his home yielded the clothing, stolen cash, and the torn note.
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Evans’ criminal history includes a pattern of bank robberies, with four armed and four unarmed robberies, as well as an attempted robbery. He was convicted of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery in 2008 at the age of 24, and committed three bank robberies and an escape in 2014 at the age of 30.
In addition to the 188-month prison term, Evans was ordered to pay $5,408 in restitution and received a consecutive 24-month sentence for violating his supervised release. He will also serve a three-year term of supervised release after his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
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