UKIAH, 3/24/22 — William Allen Evers was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison this morning for assaulting then-rookie Mendocino County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Kelly with a firearm on May 12, 2021, while fleeing the scene of a residential burglary in Elk. Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Keith Faulder said the potential life sentence was based not solely on the conduct which Evers admitted to in this case, but also his two prior strike convictions and 20 years of criminal behavior.
“Good luck to you, Mr. Evers,” Judge Keith Faulder told the defendant, who appeared in custody via Zoom.
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