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FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX CRIMES
October 6, 2019
Kristen Lowe
Local 12
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — A former northern Michigan principal has plead guilty to sex crime charges.
On Friday, Karl Hartman plead guilty to three counts of assault with intent to commit second degree criminal sexual conduct. The other charges against him were dismissed.
Hartman will be sentenced on November 1st.
Hartman’s attorney says each of the charges carries a five year maximum sentence, and those sentences would be served at the same time.
However, the judge can choose to sentence Hartman outside of those guidelines.
Hartman was facing life