Eight years of probation but lifetime registration as a sex offender.
Feb 19, 2008 - Christopher Evans, 26, a New Heights Christian Academy teacher, was arrested and faces two counts of sexual assault and one of indecency with a child for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student. He had a reputation for touching and kissing female students.
An investigation was launched by police after parents of the 15-year-old complained to the school, said they got no satisfaction and filed a police report. There were, apparently, prior complaints because police say Evans ridiculed students who lodged complaints against him.
Police say the alleged assaults took place in the home he shared with his pregnant wife.
Evans is the son-in-law of the school principal Richard Walters. Walters said today that Evans' mother, grandmother and wife also work at the school. Police said school records obtained under court subpoena do not establish that Evans has a college degree or any teaching credentials. But Walters said today Evans has a degree from the University of Houston completed in the last several years. He estimated Evans taught at the school for about five years.
Anyone who has information can call the juvenile division at 713-731-5353 or 713-731-5498.
GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING August 18 -Click2Houston: Evans pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child. [He actually pleaded guilty to one count of indecency with a child, according to the Houston Chronicle. See below.] The plea agreement called for an eight-year adjudicated sentence. However, Judge Vanessa Valasquez demanded he apologize to the victim.
"I think it's only right, based on what was done, and the fact that the state's given you a break that you apologize to this woman, this young lady, for what you’ve done," the judge said.Evans is married with a small child. [Chronicle says he has two children.]
Evans responded in a low voice.
"I didn’t hear you," the judge said.
He tried again, but still did not satisfy Velasquez.
"Were you somebody that was supposed to be trusted? Wasn't she a student? Didn't you take advantage of her? Well then, I think you ought to say a heck of a lot more than, 'I'm sorry. I apologize.' Turn around and apologize appropriately for what you've done," she said.
Evans apologized a fourth time in a tone still difficult for spectators to hear, but loud enough to satisfy the judge.
Houston Chronicle: (August 18) Evans pleaded guilty to indecency with a child in exchange for eight years of probation and a $500 fine. Criminal defendants who successfully complete the terms of deferred adjudication avoid final conviction, but the fact that they were charged remains a part of their record.
Evans must register a sex offender for life. His visits with his two children must be supervised
