Evans was discovered missing from his room, Number 6, at 2 a.m. on May 11. A staff member recommended kicking him out of the halfway house.
But internal records show he was still there on May 31 when Caldarola wrote him up again for failing to obey a staff member and to obey "lights out" at 12 midnight earlier that week.
"Your conduct toward staff on duty on the evening of 5/24/06 in particular insolence, use of profanity and refusing to obey an order of a staff member will not be tolerated," Caldarola wrote.
The program director ordered that Evans lose two weeks of passes and visits from outsiders. On June 12, 2006, federal probation official Randal White wrote, "as a CSC resident, inmate Evans threatened a staff member at the CSC. Evans has committed several other infractions while housed at the CSC prior to this one."
Poor adjustment
He was taken back into federal custody that day. But less than three months later, records indicate, he was back on the street.
"The defendant's adjustment in the community to date has been unsatisfactory," an unidentified probation officer wrote. "Mr. Evans was shot in both legs while standing in the 3900 block of Norfolk Avenue in Baltimore on 8/20/06."
He recovered from the August shooting, and authorities ordered him to stay away from that block. But Evans was arrested there Oct. 6 for drug possession with intent to sell. He posted $5,000 bail and was released the next day.
During this time, the federal probation office requested that Evans be monitored through GPS tracking for four months, starting in November 2006. Court records show he also tested positive for marijuana on Sept. 26, 2006; Dec. 18, 2006; and May 18, 2007.
In May 2007, after a witness identified Evans as the shooter, city police charged him with the Parks slaying. With the new charges against him, federal officials decided to take out their own warrant, charging Evans with violating his probation.
"It should be noted," federal probation officer Christopher L. Keating wrote in court papers. "that the alleged crimes took place on 4/26/06 while Mr. Evans was a resident at the Volunteers of America."
matthew.dolan@baltsun.com
Timeline
Spring 2000: Two employees are charged with accepting bribes from inmates in 1998 and 1999 so they can wander city streets at night. The workers later pleaded guilty.
March 28, 2006: Nolan L. Evans arrives at halfway house after serving an 86-month prison sentence for being a felon in possession of a handgun.
