Columbus City Council Member Forgets To Close Shades, Charged With Indecent Exposure

Indiana State Police say a Republican member of the city council on three different occasions exposed himself when he stood next to windows in his home unclothed without the shades pulled. Dascal D. Bunch has been charged with one count of indecent exposure based on three separate incidents reported by Bunch's neighbors, which took place in March and November of 2015 and a third time in January according to the Columbus Republic. Columbus Police turned the complaint over to ISP to investigate after determining the accused was a city council member.

The charges were brought by Jennings Co. Prosecutor Brian Belding after Bartholomew Co. Prosecutor Bill Nash, a Republican, requested the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle the case. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Coriden, also a Republican, has said she intends to recuse herself from the case and request the appointment of a special judge. The criminal complaint alleges that Bunch positioned himself in front of the uncovered windows so people could easily view him through his uncovered windows. Assuming for the sake of argument that Bunch was doing nothing more than standing in front of his windows naked and not exposing himself to minors, do you think he committed a crime? I ask the question because I've heard people frequently joke about their neighbors forgetting to pull their shades.

UPDATE: It appears complaints about Bunch have extended back to at least 2011. A neighbor complained in 2011 that children out on the street were able to see a pornographic movie Bunch was viewing from a TV mounted on his living room wall. Columbuzz reported on several incidents over the years that neighbors believed were not being properly investigated by police. One neighbor, Michelle Geron, even took pictures of the incidents and shared them with police. Read the past reports by Colubuzz here.