Two men found out Monday that failing to appear in court on the established date can be a costly mistake.

John L. Cumpian is now facing jail time and a $50,000 bond if he is apprehended after being indicted by the Bee County Grand Jury Monday on a charge of bail jumping.

The charge is a third degree felony and conviction could get up to ten years in prison and a fine of $10,000.

Cumpian was to have appeared in court on Sept. 15 on a third degree felony charge of driving while intoxicated. He was out on a $1,500 bond at the time.

Bee County bailiff Bill Lazenby filed the charge and District Judge Joel Johnson set the new, $50,000 bond.

Johnson also set a $20,000 bond on Steven Guajardo Servantes Monday after he failed to appear in court on May 18.

Bailiff Tom Brown alleged that the defendant was to have appeared on a second degree felony charge of burglary of a habitation. A conviction on that charge could have landed Servantes in jail for 20 years and cost him $10,000 in fines.

He now faces that charge and the bail jumping charge. However, because Servantes had been convicted of a previous felony, his bail jumping charge was enhanced to a second degree felony.

He was out of jail on a $30,000 bond the day he was to have appeared in court.

Others indicted Monday included:

•John Bradford Abel, Jr. on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, heroin, one-four grams.

The charge is a third degree felony.

Bee County Sheriff’s Office deputies alleged that Abel had the drug on June 16, 2008.

Bond was $5,000.

•Donny Dee Rodriguez on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, heroin, a third degree felony.

Deputies claimed that Rodriguez also had the narcotic on June 16, 2008.

Bond was $2,000.

•Fred Wesley French on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, less that one gram in a drug-free zone.

The charge is a third degree felony.

According to deputies, French was found in possession of the drug on April 29 and he was within 1,000 feet of the Skidmore-Tynan High School at 213 Walton St. in Skidmore.

Bond was $5,000.

•Rudy Perez on a charge of driving while intoxicated, a third degree felony.

According to Beeville Police Department investigators, Perez was operating a motor vehicle on Jan. 26 while under the influence of alcohol.

He had previous DWI convictions on June 27, 1984, on March 29, 1989, and on July 5, 1989, all in Bee County.

Perez also was indicted on a charge of DWI on July 14. That charge was a third degree felony based on the same previous DWI convictions.

Bond on that indictment was $5,000.

•Abraham Moreno on a charge of DWI, a third degree felony.

Moreno was arrested on that charge on March 7 by Highway Patrol Trooper Santiago “Jimmy” Montez.

According to the indictment, the defendant had previous DWI convictions on March 10, 1999, and on Sept. 21, 2005.

•Robert Saldana on a charge of DWI with a passenger under the age of 15 in the vehicle.

The charge is a state jail felony. If convicted, Saldana could face a two-year term in a state jail facility and a fine of $10,000.

Trooper Montez took the defendant into custody on that charge on March 7 when he found a boy under that age in his vehicle while he allegedly was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Bond was $2,500.