Triple Murder Suspect Faces Trial with ‘Stun Cuff’ Penalty After Court Outbursts

not trying to give me a fair chance effective counsel well who who do you who do you think I should give you lawy I write the bar and the AC you from threatening a judge to calling another a racist to allegedly spitting on his former attorney there is a lot to break down in the case of accused triple murderer Bryce rhods and with his trial about to begin we got you covered on what you need to know welcome to sidebar presented by law and crime I'm Jesse Weber we have quite the trial about to begin in Louisville Kentucky and as you know what we do here on sidebar when we have a major case we always want to do a deep dive a further analysis as to everything that you need to know going into this trial this time it is the case of Bryce Rambo rhs man accused of murdering three people so what do we know about him well reporting indicates that rhs was a local rapper he was featured in rap videos with references to drug dealing and lyrics like if leap play with me I'm going to leave his bleep missing rhs who back in 2016 that's the key year in question was on probation apparently had a history of domestic assaults wave3.com also reported that rhs is a convicted sex offender in Indiana for confinement of someone under the age of 18 but on May 4th 2016 he accused of jumping out of a car and shooting to death 40-year-old Christopher Jones on the street according to then 15-year-old anwan Carter who was in the car when this happened rhs mistakenly thought that there was a price on Jones's head meaning that he thought Jones was a target of a contract killing authorities also say that there were two other witnesses to this shooting two witnesses who were in the car when this happened and they were brothers Larry Ordway who is a 14-year-old honor roll student and his brother brother 16-year-old Maurice Gordon these brothers had hung out with RADS they reportedly looked up to him RADS had bought things for them too they were even in one of his music videos but you fast forward then to May 22nd and their bodies were found in a backyard of an abandoned house they had been beaten stabbed and their bodies burned medical examiner determined that Maurice had been stabbed more than a dozen times and Larry more than 20 just horrific killings but back to Mr Carter he allegedly told police about everything that went down according to him after an altercation at rhs's home with the brothers rhs tied them up and stabbed them and also Carter said he and another codefendant then 17-year-old jakori Lamont Taylor were forced to participate in the killings so in other words according to prosecutors rhs murdered Maurice and Larry because they were witnesses to Jones's murder and he was may be afraid they would talk hey there everybody I want to talk to you right now about Palm which is the next generation of pepper spray you see Palm's formula provides you with the necessary range and capacity that can give you and your loved ones some peace of mind now if you're like look I don't 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crime scene at the house by the way it didn't really help because police reportedly found blood in the home as well as in rhs's car there's also allegedly an eyewitness who may have seen someone matching rhs's description at a dumpster that was set on fire they were all arrested all these people as well as a fourth codefendant 19-year-old tyan Coleman but in the end Coleman Carter and Taylor each pled guilty now the reporting indicates that Carter was granted probation in 2019 with the condition that if he violates his probation he's going to be sent to prison for 20 years turns out that's what he was accused of doing in 2021 now reportedly he's in custody out Florida after getting into some trouble and he won't be released until 2024 Taylor and Coleman pled guilty to a series of charges and were each sentenced to 10 years in prison and of course we're going to see who would be called as prosecution witnesses against rhs at his trial but for rhs he's facing three counts of murder and faces the possibility of life in prison now the reason the death penalty is not on the table is because the current judge overseeing the case found rhs is quote intellectually disabled and suffers from a serious mental illness the judge saying quote the court cannot allow such a person to be subjected to the death penalty regardless of public clamor we're going to get into that mental health in a little bit but for RADS he is pled not guilty he says that he is innocent he said in court that officers framed him and engaged in Monda I would like to State for the record the facts concerning the search of my home 763 North height Avenue Apartment 2 Louisville KY I wish to do so on record because preious previously on multiple occasions the Commonwealth has went back and tried to cover up and clean up their corruption and misconduct involving evidence I wish to do so so they can't go back and change anything the prosecution is known for falsifying and altering documents about evidence on May 24th 2016 an informant suspect an Juan Carter was detained in question so he told detectives that allegedly a double homicide took place in my home 7 63 North height Avenue Apartment 2 B KY so detectives called for a search warrant and searched my home at 2118 hours into 22 11 hours okay so during this search was five homicide officers and one CSU officer they searched for hours they applied blue star chemical solution all throughout the house they looked and looked and they found no such evidence of any type of crie in fact officers stated how clean the apartment was they also stated that the carpet had Cleaning Solution on it and yet nothing was still found when they applied blue star chemical reaction so they clear the scene and they leave for 1 hour and 20 minutes they leave for 1 hour and 20 minutes they come back and they research the home at 2356 until 0214 hours now all of a sudden they claim to find Blood on the carpet so the same carpet they just searched the first time that was clean and now it allegedly has blood on it see to sum everything up detectives were told numerous lies and fabrications by the informant and they were LED on a wild goose chase by someone who made up a story who just thought just so they can get out of jail now we can't talk about the Bryce roads case without talking about what has been happening in court let's start with when rhs was represented by attorney Brendan McLoud so McLoud had to recuse himself when he learned that Larry and morice were actually the grandchildren of his close friend that's a conflict of interest right well according to McLoud when he told rhs the news that he no longer would represent him rhs didn't take it too well no he allegedly spit on McLoud well then later on in court McLoud when he made the move to officially remove himself from the case he suggested to the judge that he be kept away from roads saying otherwise we're going to scrap but Cloud even had a verbal exchange with roads in court nice cheap shot you a coward nice cheap yeah McLoud says nice cheap shot Road says you're a coward and I'll see you when I get out by the way before he left court he also asked the judge something Jud hey judge what's my bond at the time it was reportedly $2 million now it's at 1 million but focusing on on roads and judges for a second though we saw so much more and even before I get into this next court appearance I got to give you a little bit of more context so aside from the alleged spitting incident with his former attorney rhs also allegedly spit on an inmate and then also allegedly beat up an inmate and according to an arrest warrant threatened to quote kill him like he did the others this inmate reportedly suffered injuries to his forehead and neck so with all that going on during another hearing Court deputies wiel roads in strapping his wrists and ankles to a chair and fitting him with a spit mask and once again he wasn't too happy Mr rhs you can just you can just bring him up right here you have me come out like this I think you know why you know exactly why now listen stop talking um you have been are you done no I'm done you've been charged with a Sal in the fourth degree I'm going to keep talking cuz I don't want to have to see you back here for this where you live what you think at bitch I don't give a fuck about none of that I a do shit so you're saying you're going to find out where I'm I live I don't give a fuck about none of that you got I'll be up okay you've been charged with assault in the fourth degree minor injury terroristic threatening in the third degree and harassment with physical contact these are new charges I'm entering a plea of not guilty on your behalf would you like me to read the arrest warrant to you no I'm not guilty I am setting a bond of 15,000 full cash on that on those charges do you have any questions would you like appointment of a public defender not I just said that not I just said that okay I just said that and would you like an attorney take me back to myself I'm not taking you anywhere they can take you back but would you like an attorney all right okay I'm going to appoint the public def's office M Shing that was a threat against the court I think that the I'm asking the county attorney's office to uh take that into account and uh consider what to do with that did you hear that did you hear what he said what he said to judge Amber wolf was quote what you don't think that we can't find out where you live at I don't give a bleep you got family I'll be out well that got him hit with additional charges of terroristic threatening and intimidating a participant in the legal process speaking of which the case then moved over to a different judge it moved over to the courtroom of the honorable Judge Charles Cunningham and during one pre-trial hearing rhs was arguing that he was framed by detectives and he was asking to be represented by a different attorney in fact he claimed that his attorney Thomas Griffiths made racist comments directed to him and that led to this back and forth between rhs and judge Cunningham your job is to do your job not to worry about me that's what I'm saying I worry about me you worry about not trying to give me a fair chance effective counsel well who who do you who do you think I should give you as a lawyer I'll write the Baro and the ACLU you going to find out though we going to find out real quick prise set prise set honestly that's not even the worst that we heard because at one point rhs accused Cunningham of having a sexual relationship with the prosecutor and he of also being a racist and it's my right to speak what I need to speak on I don't know if y got some type of sexual relationship going on or what y got going on but I'm definitely going to speak my man detective tell and I have no sexual relationship I'm talking about you in prosecut over sir you denied all my motions every motion i f you didn't deny it I'm pretty sure I've the motion are you some type of racist are you are you got some type of sex relationship going on which one is it or are you just wrong in everything that you made motion for are you a secret plux Clan member no sir I'm not is that what you really are no okay I'm not but like I said the higher courts they'll deal with it when time comes necessary yeah that that was a new one okay that was a new one for me at one point I have to tell you that Debbie Ren who is the grandmother of Larry and Maurice two brothers who were killed she stood up in court and said to the court it's going on four years for him to stay I'm I'm their grandmother and this is going on for 4 years you think he should be ex yes judge Cunningham warned her that the process in this case is very important so there's not a reversible error meaning that if rhs is convicted an appeals court would reverse the decision citing rhs's rights were violated in some way so that's why you have to go through all of these hearings and all this process to make sure everything is done correctly maybe not surprisingly though this case would end up being assigned to a different judge all right as we talk more about accused triple murder defendant Bryce rhods and his upcoming trial I do want to get a little bit more into other reported problems he got into while in jail so he's accused of throwing cleaning supplies ripping an inmate observation document threatening to kill an officer attempting to break a glass window throwing urine on an officer and trying to escape jail yeah that one was interesting he allegedly tried to dig a hole in his cell with some sort of sharpened metal instrument he also apparently flushed the tool down the toilet before officers could confiscate it that was the allegation he was hit with felony charges of Mischief escape and tampering with evidence and for allegedly threatening an officer in jail that he and his family would die and that he would be shanked in the face rhs was charged with terroristic threatening wanted endangerment and criminal mischief he also allegedly sent handwritten notes to Mr Taylor his co-defendant when he was housed in the same Correctional Facility as him they aren't signed by RADS but prosecutors suggest that these writings show RADS trying to influence Taylor's testimony now Taylor admitted his involvement and reportedly told police that rhs killed Maurice and Larry because they were witnesses to the Jones killing but back to those documents written across the top of a police statement transcript as well as a letter that were sent to Taylor it says quote rats get exposed Taylor said that RH slipped him the letter that says quote show me you my exploitive and you not know rat the letter goes on to say quote between us you know what you said I got the paperwork so look here's where exploitive gets real then the author again allegedly rhs instructs Taylor on what to say to renounce his confession rhs also allegedly wrote Taylor quote take no please they are going to offer you something to testify on me I know what they on remember they don't have anything on you stay focused love you that's pretty big development in the case but talking more recently about Mr rhs there was another important issue it was about his competency to stand trial It's actually an issue that delayed the trial quite a bit there was a backlog of cases at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center and it took more than a year for rh's case to be evaluated by the way when we talk about competency we're not talking about Insanity that's something different competency means the ability of a criminal defendant to understand and participate in the legal proceedings do they understand the charges their rights what's going on and I guess when you think about everything that we've just described it's maybe not surprising competency is an issue here the prosecution said he is competent he made comments about the court process that um that shows that he does understand what's going on he understands the challenges uh to that he faces because of having a high publicity case in fact psychiatrist Dr Timothy Allen testified during the hearing and in his opinion rhs is competent and he knows what's going on but it's really rhs's choice if he wants to actually participate in his own trial he has run off multiple attorneys judge um it does not make him a competent person because I haven't quit him he will not speak to me as is in the record and hasn't for years yeah rhs's attorney also highlighted how his client suffered from hallucinations and paranoia and thought that the prosecutor was trying to poison him even suggested that he himself wanted to be a witness as to what he observed about roads but the judge wouldn't allow it due to attorney client privilege issues in the end judge Julie Kalin yes this case has now been assigned to her she ruled that rhs is competent to stand trial I don't believe that any of the evidence through testimony today is conclusive that Mr rhods isn't just making the uh decision to not participate with his attorneys I I don't think that that necessarily makes him incompetent there has been no conclusive testimony that he is incompetent so while the trial is now about to start it doesn't come without its own set of issues you see judge kin warned Mr rhs that if he makes any kind of outburst during the proceedings he'll have a choice either be removed from the courtroom or be fitted with an ankle cuff that will shock him should he disturb proceedings anymore now to be clear he's not wearing the shock cuff now but that could be an option for the future if there are problems so with all that we plan to cover the Bryce roads trial for you here on Long crime 7 years almost eight since these killings a lot of moving parts and as we described to you a lot that has happened in between then and now that's all we have for you here on sidebar everybody thank you so much for joining us please subscribe on Apple 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Published: Tue Dec 12 2023