The man who broke into a member of Beyoncé‘s team’s rental car and walked off with unreleased music last summer has agreed to a plea deal — and he’s heading to prison for it.
Kelvin Evans pleaded guilty Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass charges connected to the July 2025 theft in Atlanta. Senior Judge Jane C. Barwick sentenced him to five years total — two behind bars and the rest on probation. The judge also ordered Evans to stay away from the location where the theft went down and from the victims involved in the case.
The incident happened on July 8, 2025, just two days before Beyoncé was set to kick off four nights at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on her “Cowboy Carter” tour. Surveillance cameras inside a Krog Street parking garage captured Evans smashing the rear window of a black 2024 Jeep Wagoneer rented by Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and fellow dancer Diandre Blue.
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When Grant and Blue returned to their vehicle less than an hour later, they found two suitcases gone along with a serious haul of sensitive materials — jump drives loaded with unreleased, watermarked Beyoncé music, footage plans for the Atlanta shows, past and future set lists, two laptops, designer sunglasses, and Apple AirPods Max headphones. Grant called 911 to report the theft, telling the dispatcher, “I work for someone who’s of a high status, and I really need my computer and everything.”
Police pulled surveillance footage showing a red 2025 Hyundai Elantra believed to be tied to the crime, and light fingerprints were recovered from the scene. Evans wasn’t arrested right away, though — he was picked up in late August by Hapeville police on an unrelated parole violation. He was officially named as the suspect in the Beyoncé theft case in September and indicted by a grand jury in October, when he was released on a $20,000 bond.
Evans initially pleaded not guilty and turned down an earlier plea offer. As recently as March 25, he appeared virtually in court and rejected another deal, declaring he was “ready for trial now.” Trial was set for May 11 — but Evans changed course at the last minute and took the deal instead. He had been facing up to six years in prison if convicted at trial.
None of the stolen property has ever been recovered.
