Man arrested for illegal possession of a gun, violating bail
A Porter man who was on bail conditions following an April arrest has been rearrested after he allegedly broke those conditions.
Herbert “Joe” Sund III, 48, was rearrested Wednesday, May 27 in Nobleboro and charged with violating the conditions of his release and being a felony in possession of a firearm.
According to Lincoln County Sheriff's Detective Jared Mitkus’ affidavit, Sund was arrested after Sund called the district attorney's office on Wednesday, May 27.
According to Mitkus’ report, Sund had bail conditions that forbade him from making contact with the alleged victim from the April arrest. When Sund called the district attorney's office, he allegedly did so while at the victim's house; Mitkus wrote in his report that “the caller ID identified Herbert calling from the home of” the victim.
When Mitkus went to the alleged victim’s house, Sund was allegedly still there and within 10-15 feet of a bolt action rifle. Mitkus wrote that Sund had a previous felony conviction in 1987 in Lincoln County for a robbery, and was prohibited from possessing or owning a firearm.
Sund was charged with two further felony counts: class C possession of a weapon by a prohibited person and class C violating the conditions of his release.
Sund was originally arrest in April after Sheriff's Deputy Joel Seekins responded to an incident at the same Nobleboro house.
At approximately 10 p.m. on April 17 in Nobleboro, Seekins responded to a reported disturbance on Upper East Pond Road where the victim allegedly said Sund had attacked her.
The victim said, allegedly, that Sund choked her until she almost passed out and that she was only able to escape after striking Sund in the head with a cordless telephone.
After the incident, Sund allegedly said that he had been attacked and only attempted to pin the victim's arms to have her stop hitting him with the telephone.
According to the arrest report, both Sund and the victim had allegedly been drinking.
Sund was charged with one class B aggravated assault after the alleged attack, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines.
Class C crimes, like the two Sund was charged with May 27, are also felonies and carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Sund was originally slated to have a June 22 disposition hearing.
As part of his original bail conditions, he was ordered to have no contact with the victim.
Event Date
Address
United States