An Ex-Tennessee County Official Faces Maximum Sentence

Former Cumberland County Solid Waste Director Michael Harvel was convicted Thursday of nine counts of civil rights violations, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office from the Middle District of Tennessee.

The 61-year-old was convicted after an eight-day trial that included testimonies from 13 women who testified about Harvel’s abuse, according to the press release. 

Harvel was found guilty of four counts that charged him with kidnapping and sexually assaulting women whom he supervised. He was also convicted on three counts that charged him with committing aggravated sexual abuse, according to the press release. 

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