Teacher's Aide Who Molested 3 Boys At OC Charter School Sentenced

ANAHEIM, CA — An Anaheim teacher's aide pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting three boys, including one in the backseat of his car after church, according to court records.

30-year-old Justin Dean Evans pleaded guilty last Tuesday to three felony counts of forcible lewd acts on a child.

He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Evans worked at Goals Academy at 4012 W. Carl Karcher Way when he was accused of molesting the three boys in 2018 and 2019, according to police.

He was accused of molesting the boys by grabbing their crotches while playing soccer with them during recess, police said.

Evans was accused of molesting the boys by grabbing their crotches while playing soccer with them during recess, police said. One boy said he was in fifth grade at the time, and another boy said he was molested three times when he was also 10 years old, police testified.

Another boy said when he was in the fifth grade Evans accompanied his family to church in Fullerton and after the service he had the boy come with him to his car to retrieve a gift, police said. The boy said he was sexually assaulted in the backseat of the defendant’s car, and he also recalled another time when he said Evans gave him coffee that appeared to be drugged, police testified.

City News Service contributed to this report.