According to the deputy’s affidavit, when Dubois County law enforcement tried to serve a felony warrant on Steven Mundy, a vehicle pursuit broke out.  During that pursuit, the deputy observed the driver of the truck toss 3 or 4 white items out of the driver’s side window.  Officers deployed “stop sticks,” but the truck kept going until it was smoking and running on its rims.  When the truck finally came to a stop in Perry County, officers took the driver, Steven Mundy, into custody.  Law enforcement later located three bags of methamphetamine in the area where Mr. Mundy had tossed them. 

As the assigned deputy prosecutor, I filed multiple charges including Dealing in Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine, and Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle.  The case went to jury trial. 

Mundy was convicted of Possession of Methamphetamine (Level 4 felony) and Resisting Law Enforcement (Level 6 felony).  The methamphetamine conviction was a Level 4 felony because of how much methamphetamine Mundy possessed.  The law allowed Judge Verkamp to sentence Mr. Mundy to between 2 and 12 years in prison for that conviction.  But, as is often the case, the law gave Judge Verkamp much discretion to choose the sentence that he thought was best. 

May 2021 – Judge Verkamp sentenced Mundy to 2 years on home detention and 4 years on probation. 

August 2021 – I filed a petition to revoke Mundy’s home detention for violating the rules. 

October 2021 – I filed another petition to revoke Mundy’s home detention for violating additional rules. 

April 2022 – Judge Verkamp found that Mundy violated the terms of home detention.  Judge Verkamp then decided that Mundy would continue on with home detention with no additional penalties. 

April 2023 – Hearing was held on Mundy’s request to modify his sentence.  I objected. 

October 2023 – Judge Verkamp modified Mundy’s probation and placed him on unsupervised probation. 

April 2024 – Judge Verkamp modified Mundy’s sentence – he determined that Mundy’s sentence was complete. 

Mr. Mundy had a felony warrant, chose to flee from law enforcement (on the same roads that our family members and friends use), tossing baggies of methamphetamine as he went.