Pell City High School custodian arrested for solicitation involving a minor

Published 9:23 pm Wednesday, April 24, 2024

A custodian at Pell City High School has been charged with solicitation involving a minor.

According the a press release from the Pell City Police Department, Robert Fitzgerald Evans, a janitor assigned to the athletic department at the high school, was booked into the St. Clair County Jail for violations of Alabama Statute BA-12-121.1.

The press release states that on Monday, April 22, the school’s resource officer was notified of a disturbance on the high school campus. After an investigation, Evans was arrested.

In a Facebook post, the Pell City Schools System stated: “Today our school system investigated a report of a possible situation involving inappropriate conduct by an employee of the Pell City School System. As a result, we had an employee at Pell City High School who has been arrested for solicitation of a minor. This individual has subsequently submitted his resignation from the Pell City School System.

Nothing further has been released by the PCPD.