Timothy Busfield to Get Hearing Next Week as He Seeks Release From Jail

Timothy Busfield will get a court hearing next Tuesday on whether he should be held in jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges.

Busfield remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque after turning himself in on Tuesday. At a press conference on Thursday, D.A. Sam Bregman said is routine for his office to seek pre-trial detention in child sex abuse cases.

Busfield, 68, faces three charges — two counts of criminal sexual contact with a child and one count of child abuse. The first two charges carry a maximum sentence of six years each, while the third carries a maximum of three years.

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