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\nA Hardin County man is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in a child sexual abuse case after accepting a plea deal, according to a Kentucky court case summary.<\/p>\n
\nA Hardin County man is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in a child sexual abuse case after accepting a plea deal, according to a Kentucky court case summary.<\/p>\n
Michael W. Hazelip, 64, is charged in Hardin Circuit Court with first-degree sexual abuse involving a victim under 12.<\/p>\n
The case was filed September 4, 2025, and the alleged offenses happened in 2021.<\/p>\n
According to court records, Hazelip admitted to having a 9-year-old victim touch him inappropriately multiple times and having also touched the young victim inappropriately.<\/p>\n
Hazelip is being held on a $100,000 cash bond. He will serve a seven-year sentence in accordance with his plea deal.<\/p>\n
He is due for formal sentencing on Tuesday, July 7, at 10 a.m. in Elizabethtown.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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