Paducah Man Charged With Rape of Child

A Paducah man has been charged with the alleged rape of a child.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department reports that they received a complaint that alleged a 30-year-old male had been raping a girl under 12-years-old, and that this activity had been occurring for approximately two years.

An investigation was started and interviews with multiple family members were conducted.

On Wednesday at 1:20 pm, detectives located Brendin Rounds, of Paducah, at his Ogilvie Avenue home. A search warrant was executed on the home and several items of evidence were found. Rounds was then interviewed by detectives.

During the interview, detectives say that Rounds admitted to committing sexual acts with the child on several different occasions.

He was charged with five counts of 1st degree rape, five counts of 1st degree sexual abuse, and taken to the McCracken County Regional Jail.