A Sequim man was sentenced on July 3 to six months jail and a year of supervision by the Washington State Department of Corrections after pleading guilty crimes of Child Molestation in the Third Degree and Communication with a Minor for Immoral Purposes.

Michael Douglas Millsap, 52, of Sequim, pleaded guilty to the crimes on April 16, the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office reported.

As a condition of Superior Court Judge Christopher Melly’s sentence, Millsap is now also required to register as a sex offender.

On Aug. 8, 2017, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office received a report that Millsap had sexually assaulted a 14-year old-girl. Sheriff’s office representatives interviewed the victim, who described Millsap as an uncle figure to her even though the two were not biologically related, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Further investigation into the relationship revealed that Millsap would invite the victim to help him clean horse stalls, took the victim to lunch and shopping for clothes and for drives, the prosecutor’s office said.

Investigators further learned that on July 8, 2017, Millsap invited the victim to work on demo cars, bought the victim cigarettes and offered her alcohol before taking her to a residence in Joyce, where they drank alcohol together, the prosecutor’s office said. That evening, the victim went to sleep on a couch and woke up in the middle of the night to find Millsap lying next to the victim touching her. The victim reportedly kicked Millsap and told another adult resident what had happened the next morning.

The sheriff’s office investigation further revealed that Millsap had been texting the victim using highly inappropriate language of a sexual nature, prosecutors said.

Millsap was ordered to undergo a pre-sentence investigation, which was completed in late June, and sentenced in early July. Given that the case resolved through a plea in place of a trial, the victim was not required to testify in open court about the underlying sexual assault.

At the time of sentencing, Millsap’s standard sentence range under Washington State law was six to 12 months jail. The state recommended a sentence of six months jail and one year of supervision, while the defense recommended that two months be converted to electronic home monitoring and that one month be converted to community service work.