McCracken County Sheriff Matt Carter says Bruce Tunnell and Brendin Rounds were seated together on the front row in McCracken Circuit Court. Rounds had just received been sentenced and was returning to his seat when Tunnell jumped up and began assaulting him.
Court Security Officer Tommy Morgan and Deputy David Shepherd quickly separated the men. Rounds was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment, then released back to jail. Tunnell was taken back to jail, and Carter says he faces an additional charge of assault 4th degree.
Rounds received his 30-year sentence for 1st degree rape of a victim under 12 and 1st degree sexual assault of a victim under 12. He was arrested in November 2018.
Tunnell was sentenced for charges related to his arrest following a pursuit on January 16, 2018. The vehicle he was driving had been reported stolen, and Deputy Todd Ray was injured when Tunnell allegedly swerved toward him while Ray was deploying spike strips. Carter did not know the details of Tunnell's sentence, and a Circuit Court clerk said she did not have those details.
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