Former Behind-the-Scenes Worker at Marathon County Sheriff's Office Sentenced for Incident Involving Female Supervisor

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 -- 12:00 PM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) A behind-the-scenes worker in the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office facing charges for an incident towards a female supervisor was sentenced in Marathon County Court.

According to Mike Leischner with WSAU, Michael Evon is accused of making advances towards a female supervisor at another job, then refusing to let her leave the office until she kissed him. Police say he did eventually let her out.

The 45-year-old is also accused of sending her an expletive-filled message after resigning as a loss prevention specialist. Officials add that Evon was also accused of making inappropriate comments to other female employees, some of them teenagers.

Evon worked in the Sheriff’s Department as a communications division technology specialist. He was put on unpaid leave after the charges came to light. Officers also opened an internal investigation into his behavior.

Evon was found guilty of, due to a no contest plea, sending a threatening computer message and disorderly conduct. A false imprisonment charge was dismissed and read in.

The court adopted a written Deferred Entry of Judgment agreement, which defers the matter for a period of one year for Evon to comply with all terms and conditions of the agreement.

If he is in full compliance with all terms and conditions within that time frame and obtains no new criminal charges, they would amend the disorderly conduct charge and dismiss the threatening computer message charge.

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