An inmate who served his time and was released from DOC, returned to Greene County only to face a new criminal case pending against him. He’s accused of smashing a window and busting up a microwave during his stay in the Greene County Jail a couple of years ago.

Hunter Joe Christy, 30, Jasonville, was arrested yesterday, March 27, by Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Harvey Holt on a warrant that was first issued back in July of 2017.

According to the records of the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC), Christy has been serving time in the DOC’s Branchville Correctional Facility on two convictions from Greene County. One was for criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony, and the other was for criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor.

Prior to these convictions, Christy was an inmate in the Greene County Jail where he’s accused of causing a ruckus on the afternoon of April 27, 2017.

When jail staff contacted Greene County Sheriff’s Det. Shawn Cullison about the incident and he arrived at D-block, the window on the door leading into the block was broken and a destroyed microwave was lying on the floor in the block.

Det. Cullison reviewed video from D-block and said it showed Christy talking on the phone then walking away toward the microwave. He said it showed Christy unplug the microwave and throw it at the door to the cell block. Then he picked the microwave back up and threw it at the door seven more times.

According to Cullison, the video shows Christy then walked over and punched the wooden shelf where the microwave was sitting before it was thrown, then went back to the microwave, picked it up again and threw it at the door another five times. Then he hit the shelf again.

When Linton Glass Company came to the jail to fix the broken window, the charge was $200.51. The jail replaced the microwave at a cost of $60.

A criminal case was filed against Christy in June of 2017 and he was summoned to appear in court. He didn’t show and a warrant for his arrest was issued then renewed one year later, in July of 2018, and renewed again in January of 2019.

Christy is now facing a charge of criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor.

His bond in the newest case was set at $5,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. He posted $500 cash and was released yesterday with an order to appear in court for his initial hearing on April 8.