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A Warren County grand jury issued a seven-count indictment Wednesday against William A. Bundy, IV, who is accused of digitally penetrating his niece, referred to as “A.C.,” while she would sit on his lap playing video games during family dinners, Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Bundy, of Manitoba Drive in Lakeland, FL, also "unsuccessfully attempted to insert his penis into her vagina" on another occasion, Pfeiffer said.
A few years later, Bundy allegedly hid a cell phone in a bathroom where A.C. and another child, “J.O.,” had been changing into swimsuits, Pfeiffer said.
The phone had been recording the children in the changing room, authorities said.
“When the children inquired about the ownership of the phone, Bundy claimed it as his own, suggesting that his then-three-year-old son was responsible for the recording,” Pfeiffer said.
Bundy was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree invasion of privacy and other related offenses.
If convicted of the first-degree offense, Bundy faces a maximum of 20 years in state prison. Each second-degree charge carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence, and each third-degree offense carries a five-year maximum sentence.
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