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An Americus man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a Delphi man Thursday night was back in jail Monday. Grant L. O'Leary, 24, is charged with drunken driving causing death, reckless homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He managed to post a $25,000 surety bond Friday before prosecutors filed formal charges. But a judge had O'Leary re-arrested Monday morning on a no-bond warrant after prosecutors filed a petition to revoke his probation. Judge Michael Morrissey of Tippecanoe Superior Court 6 issued the new warrant based on O'Leary's August conviction for misdemeanor drunken driving in an unrelated case. In Thursday night's case, police suspect O'Leary was driving a 2002 Ford Mustang north on Indiana 25 south of Americus. He went left of center to pass slower traffic and crashed into a southbound motorcycle driven by Jeremy L. Kuns, 19, of Delphi. Kuns died at the scene. Police suspect a friend drove O'Leary from the scene. O'Leary then called Lafayette police and reported his car had been stolen earlier in the evening. But eyewitnesses to the crash later identified O'Leary as the driver. Police said he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08 percent. |