Golden Valley Man Charged with Violating No-Contact Order

A Golden Valley man has been charged with violating a no-contact order after police say they caught him driving around the city in a stolen U-Haul truck, with his victim in the vehicle beside him.

Victor Evin, 45, is charged with violation of a domestic abuse no-contact order, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Evin remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $30,000 bond. He is also being held on outstanding felony warrants charging him with domestic assault and violating a no-contact order in Minneapolis.

An omnibus hearing in Evin’s case is scheduled July 12 in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the criminal complaint, signed by Sgt. Dennis Arons, a Golden Valley resident reported a suspicious vehicle in the area of Hampshire Avenue North and Knoll Street on June 11. The caller told police that a white U-Haul had driven around the block several times without parking.

Police stopped the truck and asked the driver for his license, and also asked for his female passenger’s identification.

When they checked on the truck and the passenger’s ID, they learned that the U-Haul had been reported stolen, and that the woman was the subject of a domestic abuse no-contact order against Evin, the driver.

Further investigation showed that Evin’s driver’s license was suspended and he had been ordered not to have any contact with the woman in the truck.

Evin was convicted of domestic violence-related offenses involving the same victim twice in 2011.