SEWARD MAN TO SERVE TWO YEARS PROBATION

A Seward man was ordered to serve two years of probation for the indecent assault of a girl in 2018.  The Trib reports that 38-year-old Timmy Betts entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of indecent assault of someone under 16, while four felony counts were dropped by Westmoreland County prosecutors.  That came after the now 20-year-old accuser said during a hearing on Tuesday that she no longer wanted the case against him to proceed.  According to court records, police said Betts had sex with the then-14-year-old girl in 2018 in Seward. His accuser contended she visited the home to babysit a child in the residence.