Twelve days before Evans Landscaping owner Doug Evans was to begin serving a 21-month sentence for minority contracting fraud, a federal judge delayed his report date for the fourth time, as he considers whether Evans’ health concerns should allow him to skip prison altogether.
A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DELAYEDPRISON FOR EVANS LANDSCAPINGOWNER DOUG EVANS THIS WEEK -FOR THE FOURTH TIME ... ANDPRISON MAY BE OFF THE TABLEALTOGETHER BECAUSE OFCOVID-19.EVANS' ATTORNEY SAYSTHE HIGH-PROFILE NEWTOWNBUSINESS OWNER IS IN POORHEALTH AND SHOULD SERVE HIS 21-MONTH SENTENCE AT HOME INSTEADOF BEHIND BARS.A JURYCONVICTED EVANS OF MINORITYCONTRACTING FRAUD IN DECEMBER2018 - FOR USING A SHELLCOMPANY TO WIN MILLIONS INDEMOLITION JOBS FROM THE STATEAND CITYOF CINCINNATI.JUDGEMICHAEL BARRETT SENTENCEDEVANS TO 21 MONTHS IN PRISONIN JANUARY.AFTER SEVERAL PRIORDELAYS, EVANS WAS SET TOREPORT TO PRISON ON OCTOBER 5.BUT BARRETT DELAYED THAT UNTILJANUARY.THE JUDGE MUST DECIDEBETWEEN PRISON AND HOMECONFINEMENT FOR EVANS.A DATEFOR THAT HEARING HAS NOT BEEN