A trial date of September 21, 2021 has been set in the case of federal charges against Mike Harvel, former Solid Waste director and Cumberland Co. Commissioner.
The trial will be a jury trial and the scheduling order issued by US District Judge William Campbell says that any plea agreement must be completed by August 16.
Harvel was indited by a federal grand jury on numerous charges. The indictment alleges that between 2015-2018, Harvel sexually assaulted seven women under his supervision. Specific allegations include that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted two women and forcibly raped one of them on two separate occasions.
During one incident in July 2017, Harvel confined a woman in a locked room at a county facility, physically pushed her onto a table and sexually assaulted her. In another incident in November 2015, Harvel approached another woman in a dark office, physically pushed her onto a desk and raped her. In December 2015, Harvel drove this same woman to an isolated landfill and raped her again.
The indictment alleges several other incidents of sexual assault, including fondling the breasts and genitals of other women under his supervision and against their will.
Harvel faces up to life in prison and a maximum of $1.5 million in fines.
State Charges against Harvel remain pending in Tennessee Criminal Court.
A previous EEOC Complaint filed by employees of the Solid Waste Department was settled with Cumberland County for $1.1 million. Link to story
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