Brown County man found guilty of shooting house on Oak Ridge
Brown County native Jamie Rund was found guilty of six different criminal counts arising from an incident that occurred on Oak Ridge Road on Nov. 7, 2021.
According to a press release from the Brown County Prosecutor’s Office, the most serious felonies Rund was convicted of included intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, also a Level 5 felony.
Rund now faces nearly 10 years in prison, Brown County Prosecutor Ted Adams said.
Rund was accused of driving his dirt bike on Oak Ridge Road, stopping outside of the victim’s home, yelling at him, threatening his life and then opening fire with an AR-15.
Police arrived and Rund was accused of fleeing on his dirt bike, which he wound up crashing. Rund was also accused of operating his dirt bike while intoxicated and stiffening up while being arrested.
He was convicted of the threat, the shooting, the fleeing on his vehicle and the drunk driving charges, Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Rob Seet said.
The jury heard from five eyewitnesses from the night of the incident along with the victim whose home was struck by Rund’s AR-15.
The victims provided, essentially, the same story, the press release said.
“The incident terrorized a group of neighbors; so much so, that all of the eye-witnesses armed themselves during the onslaught,” Adams said.
One witness even returned fire from a shotgun, the release said.
The jury also heard the 911 phone calls, and saw Deputy Nicholson Briles’ in-car and body cameras, which captured both the chase and apprehension of Rund.
The jury heard from Morgantown Officer John Bise, who found an AR-15 in the ditch a quarter-mile away from where Rund had crashed his dirt bike.
The jury also viewed Sgt. Chad Williams’s body camera.
The prosecution also brought in the phlebotomist who drew Rund’s blood along with the toxicologist who testified about the lab protocols, procedures, and the test result of .201, two-and-a-half times the legal limit.
Overall, it took four days to put forth the case for the jury. The case was tried by Adams and Seet.
Rund was defended by Public Defenders Jennifer Wilson Reagan and Codi Morrison.
“It is hard to believe that such a thing could happen in Brown County, Ind., but it does,” Adams said.
”I am proud of our police response — both the Brown County Sheriff’s Office and the Nashville Police Department responded. I am proud to let our citizens know that we had additional assistance from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Morgantown Police Department; it is nice to know that so many different agencies can come together to provide services to our citizens and to ensure their safety.”
Adams stated that, pursuant to the statute regarding an “episode of criminal conduct,” Rund faces a total of nine-and-a-half years in prison.
Adams added that after the jury returned their unanimous verdict, he requested Rund be immediately taken into custody given the nature and circumstances of the crime, in addition to the way that the Oak Ridge neighbors felt about what happened.
Judge Mary Wertz granted the request and took Rund, who was out on bond, back into immediate custody without bond. Rund will be held without bond until his sentencing on Jan. 12, 2023 at 11 a.m.
Woman charged with misdemeanor
A Nashville woman, 30-year-old Vivian Doty, faces a Class A misdemeanor for resisting law enforcement after an incident earlier this month.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Stargell was dispatched to Forest Hills Apartments on State Road 46 East on Dec. 10 in reference to a suspicious female.
The female was described by dispatch to be staggering while walking and going through mailboxes.
Stargell was able to locate her walking westbound on the north side of 46 East.
According to the report, Stargell was immediately able to identify the female as Doty due to previous encounters, and he knew her to walk along 46 East often.
Stargell observed that Doty was carrying multiple small items, which reportedly his concern due to the reporting party advising that she was going through mailboxes.
After locating Doty, Stargell turned his vehicle around and pulled in behind her with his rear emergency lights activated.
According to the affidavit, as Stargell put his vehicle in park, Doty turned around, looked at Stargell and continued walking westbound.
Stargell then pulled his vehicle around and parked in front of Doty. Stargell got out of his vehicle and approached Doty, calling her by name.
According to the report, Doty continued to walk around Stargell and the police vehicle while he was giving her loud verbal commands to stop.
Due to Doty being “elusive,” Stargell approached her from behind, grabbed her left wrist, and again told her to stop.
Doty began reportedly pulling away, so Stargell decided to detain Doty with handcuffs to investigate the call about her rummaging through mailboxes.
According to the report, when Stargell attempted to place Doty in handcuffs, she became more resistant and forcibly tried pulling away.
During the encounter, Stargell was giving loud verbal commands to stop resisting and to put her hands behind her back, which she refused to do.
A semi-truck traveling westbound stopped and its driver ran to help and directed traffic away from Stargell and Doty to give them more space.
A nearby resident also yelled down to Stargell from her property and asked if she needed to call 911.
Doty was forced onto the front of the police vehicle, where she reportedly continued to resist.
Doty continued resisting for a minute before Stargell was finally able to get her into handcuffs.
As soon as she was secured in handcuffs, Indiana Conservation Officer Brad Barker and Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Bales arrived on scene. Barker was able to adjust the handcuffs on Doty and double-lock them.
Stargell returned to his vehicle and activated his body camera and in-car video. He approached Doty and read her the Miranda rights.
According to the report, Doty would not answer whether she understood her rights, but not long after, she started talking to him saying that she did nothing wrong.
Stargell explained to Doty that a call was made about her and when he attempted to stop her she refused. Stargell asked her if she was going through mailboxes and she reportedly refused to answer.
A nearby resident told police she saw Doty throwing “large pieces of an unknown item” into the road. The officers then searched Doty’s person and only found pieces of trash in her pockets that she stated she picked up on the road and was planning to take home.
Doty was transported to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, where she was booked for resisting law enforcement.
