FORMER NEW YORK CITY SANITATION WORKER SENTENCED TO
SERVE UP TO ELEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROBBERY AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT WHILE POSING AS A POLICE OFFICER

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a 52 year old Bronx
man was sentenced to a maximum term of up to eleven years imprisonment in connection with a
sexual assault and a robbery involving two victims. The defendant, who was employed as a New
York City sanitation worker, committed the crimes while posing as a police officer.

Clarence Evans, of 1670 East 174th Street, the Bronx, was convicted last July on one
count of Robbery in the 3rd degree, one count of Criminal Sexual Act in the 3rd degree, and two
counts of Criminal Impersonation in the 1st degree.

State Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus sentenced Evans to consecutive maximum
terms of 2 1/3 - 7 years imprisonment on the robbery conviction and 1 1/3 - 4 years on the sex
offense conviction. The judge also imposed concurrent sentences of 1 1/3 - 4 years
imprisonment on each count of criminal impersonation.

The first of the two crimes occurred on August 27, 2005 shortly before midnight when
Evans pulled a woman into his minivan, identified himself as police officer and drove her around
before dumping her near the Bronx - Westchester County border. The 49 year old victim, who
was standing at a bus stop at 174th Street and Boston Road when the defendant approached her,
testified that she was on her way to a club to celebrate her birthday. She said Evans mistook her
for a prostitute. She said that after being driven around the area for a period of time, Evans took
her purse and pushed her out of the minivan while it was still moving, in the vicinity of Ropes
Avenue and Boston Road near Mount Vernon where workers from a nearby restaurant came to
her assistance.

Four days later on August 31, 2005, Evans approached an admitted 29 year old prostitute
in the Hunts Point area and agreed to pay her $20 in exchange for oral sex. The victim testified
that Evans then showed her a badge and identified himself as a detective. Evans took the
woman’s purse, checked her ID, and told her that he had to question her about an investigation
that he was conducting and also make sure that there were no arrest warrants lodged against her.
Evans escorted the woman to his apartment on East 174th Street, took possession of her purse and
subjected her to a strip search. When he victim complied with an order to take a shower she was
raped and sodomized.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Militano of the Child
Abuse / Sex Offense Bureau.