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WEBVTT CAROL: THANK YOU. A VOLUNTEER AT NEWSPRING CHURCH IN NORTH CHARLESTON IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A 3-YEAR-OLD. A LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE CHURC FOUND 14 SEPARATE CASES OF SEXUAL ABUSE INVOLVI 28-YEAR-OLD JACOP HAZLETT AND BOYS IN A CHURCH DAYCARE BATHROOM. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE PAST 90 DAYS WAS REVIEWE A CHURCH SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THE CHURCH DID A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK ON HAZLETT BEFORE STARTED VOLUNTEERING IN MARCH. AND THAT THE CHECK CAME BACK CLEAN. CHURCH OFFICIALS IN NORTH CHARLESTON ARE ASKING ANY OTHER PARENTS WHO BELIEVE THEIR CHIL

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A lawsuit has been filed after a NewSpring Church volunteer is arrested, accused of sexually assaulting young boys in the restroom at the church.NewSpring's statement on arrestA lawsuit filed Wednesday claims NewSpring Church found 14 separate incidents of sexual abuse involving Jacop Robert Lee Hazlett, 28, and boys in a church day care bathroom when it reviewed its security camera footage from the past 90 days.A judge on Wednesday denied bond for Hazlett, who is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.A victim advocate appeared at Hazlett’s bond hearing and asked the judge to deny bond. The judge did so, saying only a circuit judge could grant bond for that charge.Investigators said that on Nov. 25, Hazlett escorted a 3-year-old boy into a bathroom at the NewSpring Church on Ashley Phosphate Road in Charleston. The affidavit says the boy used the restroom, and when he was finished, Hazlett performed oral sex on him before pulling the boy’s pants back up.The act was also caught on video surveillance cameras, according to the affidavit. An investigator said the incident happened inside the bathroom and was caught on a camera positioned outside the bathroom.Church spokesperson Suzanne Swift said there are no cameras inside the bathrooms at the church.Parents of another 3-year-old boy are suing Hazlett and NewSpring Church, claiming the church failed to properly screen and interview Hazlett before he was brought on and did not enforce adequate polices related to monitoring security footage.The lawsuit claims security footage shows Hazlett took photos of the 3-year-old boy’s genitals after he followed the boy into the restroom and sexually abused the child for three minutes on Sept. 30. The suit states that Hazlett can be seen in the footage keeping a lookout for approaching adults and looking toward the security camera.The alleged incident happened in the restroom for the 3 and 4-year-old child day care room, the suit states. The security camera shows the entire day care room with the bathroom located in the back of the room. The bathroom door is split into upper and lower halves, and the upper half remains open when a child uses the bathroom, according to the lawsuit. The church only stores 90 days’ worth of camera footage, the lawsuit says.The lawsuit states the boy’s parents found out about the lawsuit on Nov. 27 and had noticed a change in the boy’s behavior, which included him screaming that he didn’t want to go to church or the day care. The parents are seeking actual and punitive damages.Swift said Wednesday that the church did a thorough background check on Hazlett before he started volunteering at the end of March and the background check came back clean. It included a check of his Social Security number and a search of the national criminal database and the national sex offender database, she said.Swift said the church has not been served with the lawsuit and cannot comment.Church officials are asking any parents who believe their child may be a victim to contact police.