Brighton – A former firefighter and substitute teacher wept in court Thursday, as did some of his family members, but the tears were not enough to keep him out of jail.
David Mundy Jr., 31, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, three years of intensive therapy and 10 years’ probation for plying teenage girls with alcohol, then kissing and fondling them.
Mundy told District Judge Edward Moss in Adams County that he knows what he did was “wrong.”
“I’m truly sorry for what I did,” Mundy told the judge.
On Dec. 31, 2005, Mundy threw a party at his home for three teenage girls he knew from teaching at Brighton Charter High School.
He performed “body shots” with the teens, pouring alcohol into their navels and sucking it out, according to court documents.
One of the victims told investigators: “It was kind of weird, but we went with it because we were drinking too.”
Mundy kissed and fondled one girl on a couch and kissed and attempted to fondle a second girl in a bedroom, court documents said. One girl jumped from a second-story balcony to flee his advances.
In October, Mundy pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact, a misdemeanor, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a felony.
On Thursday, family members and Mundy’s defense attorney asked Moss not to sentence Mundy, who is married and has two children, to any jail time, but Moss said he was compelled to hand down jail time because Mundy had “groomed” the girls when he was their teacher.
“You planned this out and arranged liaisons,” Moss said.
Mundy must register as a sex offender.
He begins his jail sentence Jan. 25.
Mundy is the son of David Wayne Mundy Sr., former chairman of the board of the charter school where his son taught.
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
