Drunk driver faces three charges

Bloomington Police Department officers responded to a report of a 57-year-old man who flipped his car after striking a telephone pole in an attempt to flee the scene of an accident last Saturday afternoon.

The owner of a 1996 Mercury reported Jackie Lee Bundy had struck his car, which was parked outside of his residence at the 700 block of West 11th Street., BPD Sgt. Joe Crider said.

The Bloomington Fire Department extracted Bundy from his white Chevrolet Cavalier.
BPD officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Bundy. He failed a dexterity test, and ambulance personnel found a 9mm semi-automatic handgun on his person.

Bundy, who is from Mitchell, Ind., faces preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor; leaving the scene of an accident, a Class C felony; and a handgun violation, a Class C felony.

Bundy is listed in the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry on a 1995 charge of lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 years old.

At the time of the 1995 crime, he was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation.

With a bond set at $2,000 surety and $500 cash, Bundy bonded out Monday at 11 a.m.

— Dennis Barbosa