David Evans, seen in this Nov. 13 file photo, was sentenced on Monday to more than 27 years in federal prison on child molestation charges. Photo by Clint Karlsen.
David Evans, a resident in the pediatric medicine program at the University of Nevada School of Medicine arrested earlier this year on child molestation charges, was sentenced Monday to more than 27 years in federal prison.
"To the victims, I know nothing that has happened here today will ease the pain," U.S. District Judge Philip Pro told family members of victims after the sentencing.
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Evans, 34, molested and took pornographic pictures of a 9-year-old boy he cared for through the philanthropic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada organization, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
At the time of his 2005 arrest, Evans was working as a pediatric physician at University Medical Center and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Evans acknowledged that when he signed up for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in 2004, he was assigned a 9-year-old boy. During a three-month period ending in December 2004, Evans made the boy engage is sexual acts with him, according to Evans' plea memorandum.
Evans took pictures of the sex acts and loaded them onto his computer with the intent to distribute them, the memorandum says.
Pro said the 327-month sentence included an enhancement because the boy was a minor under Evans' care and because the crime involved sex acts and the distribution of pornography.
"In the District of Nevada, we have prosecuted over 140 defendants in the last four years for sex crimes against children," U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said in a prepared statement. "We will continue to aggressively prosecute these disturbing cases and dangerous defendants as part of our implementation of the Project Safe Childhood initiative throughout Nevada."
The Nevada School of Medicine's online profile said Evans volunteered as a rape crisis counselor, a youth sports coach and a mentor to underprivileged children. He also volunteered in homeless shelters and orphanages.
