EAGLE — A former Eagle County sheriff’s deputy, , will serve a stretch in jail after he pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors, trespassing and misdemeanor assault.
Timothy Joseph Hay, 42, was sentenced to 180 days in jail — 90 days straight and the rest work release.
Hay struck the plea deal with prosecutors after initially being charged with sexually assaulting an Eagle County woman. The case was turned over to prosecutors from Colorado’s 9th Judicial District after it was transferred from local prosecutors in the 5th Judicial District.
As part of the plea deal, Hay will also have to register as a sex offender.
According to testimony in his preliminary hearing, Hay was so drunk or drugged that he had to be helped from an Eagle bar by two women, one of whom later accused him of raping her.
Hay had previously pleaded not guilty, before accepting the misdemeanor plea deal.
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