Fmr. Berlin Activities Depot Employee sentenced in reckless endangerment case

BERLIN, Md. – A former employee of the Berlin Activities Depot learned his fate in court, Tuesday.

Lionel Evans was charged last year, after investigators said he put his hands around the neck of a 4-year-old child at the facility.

Evans pleaded guilty to on one count of reckless endangerment. Evans’s attorney, Thomas Maronick Jr. told WMDT his client is now working to restore his reputation in the community.

“This is someone who has been a positive influence in society, and this is a onetime incident,” said Maronick. “He used a little too much force, obviously, and went a little too far in disciplining a young child, and he certainly regrets what happened.”

Maronick added he and his client intend to file a motion for modification to keep Evans’s record clean.