The former Cumberland County Solid Waste Director was indicted on nine counts including civil rights violations, kidnapping and sexual assault, WVLT reports.
Michael H. Harvel, 59, was arrested by the FBI at his Crossville home on July 16.
Harvel faces a maximum sentence of up to life in prison.
A separate civil action lawsuit was filed in March against Cumberland County. The lawsuit alleged Cumberland County, “failed to take adequate precautions to prevent Harvel, as the director of the county’s Solid Waste Department, from sexually harassing women he supervised.” The Department of Justice settled the sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.1 million.