Former Bethel elementary school principal Christopher Carmichael received a 25-year sentence in Bethel on July 21, 2021, for a state charge of sexual assault of a minor in the second degree. (Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK) Edit | Remove On July 21, a state judge sentenced former Bethel elementary school principal Christopher Carmichael to a 25-year sentence with 10 years suspended . The judge imposed what he called a severe sentence because the former principal had abused the trust he cultivated in