Prisoners court-ordered to work community service under serial rapist

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Originally Posted by DOJ Former Tennessee County Official Indicted for Kidnapping and Sexual Assault Today, the Justice Department announced the unsealing of a nine-count indictment charging Michael Harvel, 59, of Crossville, Tennessee, with civil rights violations for kidnapping and sexually assaulting women that he supervised during his tenure as the Cumberland County, Tennessee, Solid Waste Director. FBI agents arrested Harvel at his home earlier today, and he will appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge later this afternoon. According to the indictment, Harvel’s official duties as the former Solid Waste Director included supervising women who served their court-ordered community service time or worked as paid county employees. The indictment alleges that, from 2015 to 2018, Harvel sexually assaulted seven women under his supervision. Two counts charge that Harvel kidnapped and sexually assaulted women he supervised, and a third count charges him with committing aggravated sexual abuse by forcibly raping a woman in a dark office. The indictment alleges several other incidents of sexual assault, including Harvel fondling the breasts and genitals of women against their will.

The recycling center was the only option available for those sentenced to community service.

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"Community service workers were assigned to the Recycling Center to perform community service through the court system or as a condition of probation… the Recycling Center was the only placement option…”

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