A local man with a rap sheet longer than a CVS receipt is back behind bars after a bizarre early-morning incident sent cops scrambling across town.
It all started around 3:22 AM on Coolidge Avenue, when a terrified resident called police to report a man they recognized banging on their windows and screaming like a banshee. The suspect then bolted down Pyle Street toward Bonser, vanishing into the night before officers could track him down.
But the story doesn’t end there.
Later that day, the same suspect popped up uninvited at a home on Mabert Road, prompting the rattled resident to have a friend call the cops. This time, officers caught up with the man outside the old Big Lots and ran his name through the system. That’s when things got spicy.
Turns out, Earl Evans had open warrants for probation violations. A quick check with his probation officer confirmed it, and officers promptly hauled him off to the Scioto County Jail on two fresh counts of violating probation.
🧨 A Rap Sheet That Reads Like a Crime Novel
Evans isn’t new to the justice system—in fact, he’s practically a regular. Back in April, he was sentenced to probation for aggravated menacing, and that’s just the tip of the criminal iceberg.
Over the last decade, Evans has been charged with:
- 🚨 Three separate aggravated menacing cases
- 🔫 Felonious assault
- 🏠 Discharging a firearm into a home
- 🔪 Attempted murder (reduced in a plea deal)
- 🧨 Obstructing justice
- 🔒 Receiving stolen property
- 🔫 Weapons under disability
- 🚗 OVI
- 🧍♂️ Complicity to commit attempted murder
- 🦌 Hunting without a license (because, why not?)
Evans was sentenced to 2 years in prison back in 2013 for felonious assault and firing into a residence but was released early in 2015—only to violate probation again and land back behind bars. Since then, he’s faced at least 9 more charges ranging from weapons violations to more menacing.
🧷 Lock Your Doors and Watch Your Windows
Cops say Evans is a known troublemaker and a reminder that probation doesn’t always mean rehabilitation.
If you see suspicious behavior—especially someone beating on your windows in the middle of the night like a horror movie extra—call 911 immediately.
Portsmouth’s finest caught up with Evans this time… but where will he pop up next?
