Judge Calls Man Who Abducted Girl ‘A Sorry Excuse for a Human Being’

Thomas Lawton Evans Jr., 38, of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in federal prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and assaulting a 4-year-old girl. Charleston County Sheriff’s Office

The judge who sentenced a South Carolina man who admitted he kidnapped a 4-year-old girl called him “a sorry excuse for a human being.”

Thomas Lawton Evans Jr., 38, of Boiling Springs, was sentenced to three life terms in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping the girl, transporting her to engage in sexual activity, and aggravated sexual abuse of a person under 12.