June 10, 2025
The Mother Who Shot Back: Bruce Pierce's Reign of Terror as a Child Predator
A mother's worst nightmare unfolds in real-time at an Indianapolis hotel when she returns to Room 111 to find convicted child molester Bruce Pierce attacking her 12-year-old daughter. In that split-second of horror, she makes a decision that will forever alter multiple lives—she draws her gun and fires. The bullet-riddled walls of Room 111 tell only part of a story that stretches back more than a decade. Bruce Pierce's predatory shadow first emerged in 2013 when a courageous 10-year-old girl...
A mother's worst nightmare unfolds in real-time at an Indianapolis hotel when she returns to Room 111 to find convicted child molester Bruce Pierce attacking her 12-year-old daughter. In that split-second of horror, she makes a decision that will forever alter multiple lives—she draws her gun and fires.
The bullet-riddled walls of Room 111 tell only part of a story that stretches back more than a decade. Bruce Pierce's predatory shadow first emerged in 2013 when a courageous 10-year-old girl detailed multiple assaults to investigators. Her testimony was so compelling—recounting specific blankets, movies, and locations where abuse occurred—that it secured Pierce's conviction on multiple charges across two counties.
Despite being classified as a sexually violent predator and serving eight years, Pierce was released in 2022 and quickly resumed his calculated pattern of grooming young victims. By 2025, he had already established online communication with a new target, a 12-year-old girl, attempting to convince her to run away with him—classic grooming behavior that foreshadowed physical violence.
What makes this case particularly disturbing is how it exposes the failures of our justice system to protect society's most vulnerable. Pierce's sentences ran concurrently rather than consecutively, effectively shortening his time behind bars. Upon release, his predatory instincts remained unchanged, resulting in a horrific confrontation that left blood-spattered walls, torn clothing, and two more traumatized victims in its wake.
The courage of both young victims in speaking out against their abuser reminds us why these stories must be told. Predators thrive in silence, and these children's voices—clear, brave, and unwavering—shine a light into dark corners where monsters like Pierce attempt to hide. Their strength gives others the courage to come forward and break cycles of abuse.
Have you ever wondered why sexual predators targeting children have such high recidivism rates? Listen to our full breakdown of the Bruce Pierce case and understand why experts say for many offenders, the compulsion is "like dope to them—they cannot stop."
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00:12 - Intro and Breaking News
02:08 - Bruce Pierce's First Victim (2013)
08:32 - Police Interview and Red Flags
13:55 - Multiple Convictions Across Counties
23:55 - Hotel Room Confrontation (2025)
35:13 - Mother's Intervention and Shooting
43:36 - Patterns of Predatory Behavior
47:36 - Closing Thoughts and Resources
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We got a good one today for you folks.
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A woman is now working with police after she says she shot a man who she says was trying to sexually assault her 12-year-old daughter.
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Court documents reveal that police responded to the shooting at the Baymont Inn on Eagle View Drive.
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Officers say when they got there they learned that the girl and her sister had met up with their mom and a man named Bruce Pierce in the hotel lobby.
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After going back to a hotel room, the mom was carrying bags to the car and the girl stayed behind in the room with Pierce.
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That's when she says he tried to assault her While holding a gun and even ripping her clothes.
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According to the documents, the mom then came back into the room.
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She saw what was happening and she fired at Pierce using her own gun.
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Pierce went to the hospital.
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The girl was checked out at Riley Hospital.
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Pierce has multiple previous child molestation convictions and now has a warrant out for his arrest on new charges that include child molesting, rape and unlawfully owning a firearm.
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Today we're diving into a saga that spans over a decade, a chilling tale of a predator betrayal and a violent hotel room confrontation that left blood on the walls.
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This is the story of Bruce Pierce, a habitual sexual predator.
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Yeah, this is some heavy shit.
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We're talking allegations of child molesting in Indiana, a suspect with a haunting criminal record and a 2025 incident that erupted in gunfire.
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Where do we begin with this shit?
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Well, let's rewind to October of 2013 in Morgan County, indiana.
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That's where the story starts.
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What the 10-year-old girl will call victim one to protect her identity, her courage and speaking out sparked an investigation that would expose a predator's shadow stretching far into the future.
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Expose a predator's shadow stretching far into the future.
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Now before we get completely started in this story, as our listeners know, we always protect victims.
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We don't give minors names, we don't give victims names, but we had somebody online kind of threatening us and giving us some bullshit, so we'd like to give a shout out to you.
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So here's a shout out to you, les and all the bullshit that you tried to talk shit to us online.
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Here's the only thing I got to say to you Go fuck yourself.
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Now back to the story.
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It's August 2014, and the Morgan County Sheriff's Department is hit with a disturbing report.
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Sergeant Brad Cooley takes a statement from someone close to victim one, a 10-year-old girl.
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She confided that Bruce Pierce, a 28-year-old man living specifically in Martinsville, has been engaging in inappropriate behavior with her.
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The allegations are serious touching that shatters every boundary of trust.
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Detective Anderson is assigned to the case and moves quickly.
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He coordinates with Ms Jacone from the Department of Child Services and they schedule a forensic interview at Susie's Place, a child advocacy center in Avon, indiana.
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This is a safe space for kids to share their stories with trained professionals on August 13, 2014.
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Victim One sits down with Ms Ginn, a forensic interviewer, and here is her heartbreaking account.
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Victim One is clear and composed, despite the weight of what she's sharing.
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She says that incidents began around October 2013,.
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Just before her 10th birthday, bruce touched her inappropriately multiple times, often when she was alone with him in a house in Martinsville.
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She describes specific things like rooms and homes where she should have felt safe, each time she tried to escape, moving into another room or finding an excuse to leave.
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Her story is detailed, consistent and carries the weight of truth from a child.
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The interview uncovers six separate incidents in Morgan County, each a betrayal Victim.
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One says Bruce warned her not to tell anyone, claiming he'd face jail if she did Imagine a 10-year-old carrying that secret out of fear.
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But she finds the strength to speak up.
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Her story doesn't end in Morgan County.
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She also mentions incidents in Avon, Hendricks County, pulling another jurisdiction into the case.
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That's a brave-ass 10-year-old man to have to come through and talk this stuff.
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Man.
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Once again I want to give a shout-out to Suzy's Place.
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Man.
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That place is freaking awesome for doing what they do for children.
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Man.
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Now Detective Anderson's report outlines the scope of the allegations.
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On August 12, 2014, at 3.53 pm, a Department of Child Services report is filed.
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Anderson meets with Ms Jacone, avon Police, detective Chapman, morgan County Prosecutor's Office, representative Pen and Victim Advocate Mrs Black at Susie's place.
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They're all there to ensure victim one's voice is heard and justice is pursued.
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The forensic interview in August of 2014 is a turning point.
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Victim one's details, times places.
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Bruce's warnings are vivid and compelling.
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She talks about feeling trapped, scared and uncomfortable, but her precision gives investigators confidence.
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Her courage sets the stage for what's to come.
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So on August 13, 2014, Detective Chapman from the Avon Police Department is at Susie's place observing Victim 1's forensic interview.
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She reveals four additional incidents in Avon at an apartment.
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These occurred during specific visits in July and August in 2014.
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This gets Hendricks County fully involved.
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Victim 1 describes one incident in detail.
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She's at an apartment trying to sleep on an air mattress with a Superman blanket and a flower-patterned one.
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They'd watched, saw and eaten pizza earlier.
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She's drifting off when Bruce enters, startling her.
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He engages in inappropriate touching, leaving her scared and uneasy.
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She tries to disengage, but the situation feels overwhelming.
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She says this happened three more times at an apartment, each incident heightening her fear.
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Man, that shit's pretty specific.
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I mean, the victim remembers the blankets, the movie, the pizza.
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That ain't shit a little kid just invents in her head.
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Man, Her consistency across multiple incidents makes her accounts undeniable to me.
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Detectives in Morgan and Hendricks counties know they're dealing with a serious predator at this point.
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Man, I mean, kids don't just make up all them little bitty things together.
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You know what I mean.
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That's memories in a little baby's head.
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Detailed everything.
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Absolutely.
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In August 2014,.
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Bruce Pierce walks into the Avon Police Department for a voluntary interview with Detective Chapman, and this guy's behavior is a master class in red flags.
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Chapman outlines the allegations of inappropriate touching.
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You'd expect Bruce to show concern, maybe ask if the victim one is okay, nope.
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His first question is did she go to the doctor?
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It's like he's fishing for what evidence the police have.
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Like he's already on guard.
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You know what I'm saying.
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Well, can you prove this type shit?
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That's what he's trying to say, right, man?
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That's a guilty man's move.
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Bruce describes victim one as very grown and very smart and very intelligent, which feels off for a 10 year old.
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He claims she knows about adult topics from school or other influences, but he's vague, like he's dodging the specifics.
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He even uses the same terms victim one used calling private areas, her front and back.
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Now, how does he know her exact words?
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That's a freaking warning sign.
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That's a red flag to me.
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Like you know what I'm saying, like he's probably heard her say that's my private, my front, my back.
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So he's clearly he's fucking up at this point repeating yeah now chapman presses for details about any conversations bruce had with victim one.
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Bruce gets nervous wringing his hands shifting in his seat red flags he contradicts himself, saying he never discussed adult topics, then admitting she described adult concepts to him.
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It's a mess of a story falling apart under scrutiny.
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Chapman asked point blank if Bruce touched victim one inappropriately.
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Bruce says no.
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But when told he she accused him, he doesn't deny it outright, he just says really.
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Then he starts repeating yeah, she's lying, like she's trying, like he's trying to convince himself.
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His tone wavers, sometimes sounding like a question yeah, she's lying, it's all classic stall tactic, man.
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I can't believe.
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He's just like, really, oh, and then, yes, she's lying.
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Yes, she's lying.
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What should be coming out of her or out of his mouth is hell.
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No, I didn't.
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If he really didn't do it, hell, no, I didn't do this.
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And trying to prove his innocence in every way, absolutely His innocence in every way.
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Absolutely, and from the gate he's like well, she knows about adult stuff from her friends and TV.
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She knows this, that and the other.
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He goes straight to calling her a liar, which is his only defense.
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Straight to deflecting and fucking blaming.
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Now Bruce suggests victim.
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One might be making it up, maybe due to some unrelated issue, but when Chapman asked for examples for her lying before, he's got nothing, not one instance.
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His defense is crumbling.
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Then there's the computer voice stress analyzer test, similar to a polygraph, scheduled for August 20 of 2014.
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Now he agrees to take the CVSA, but an hour before the test he leaves Chapman a voicemail canceling His excuse.
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He doesn't want to incriminate himself anymore.
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Of fucking course he doesn't.
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If you're innocent, why would you worry about incriminating yourself?
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Why would he fucking not want to take the voice test if he wants to prove his innocence?
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That voicemail is a nail in the coffin.
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Morgan County charges him with six counts of child molesting.
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Hendricks County files three counts, two level one felonies for serious misconduct and one level four felony for inappropriate touching.
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That's crazy.
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So he has multiple cases in multiple jurisdictions just for one victim.
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I can't imagine what that poor child had to go through Me too.
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And the, the investigators and the detectives man, obviously the In their heads they're thinking this motherfucker is guilty, wringing his hands, fucking wiping the sweat off his head.
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You know, just just they pay attention to that body Absolutely and how people answer questions.
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And a lot of them I mean like a lawyer, a lot of them they ask questions they know answers to.
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Sometimes they don't know, but a lot of the times they do 90 percent of the time, they already know the answers to these questions.
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They already knew most of the answers because, like we said earlier, a 10-year-old is not going to make up this bullshit, especially with the details.
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I mean this blanket, this movie, this pizza.
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She was so traumatized All she could do is sit and look at things around her and remember and think oh dear Jesus, please get me out of this situation as fast as possible, or you know something like that.
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I mean, unless this poor little 10-year-old girl is a Stephen King where she can write these fucking movies in her head, she's not going to remember all these details, man, that's.
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The only thing she could probably focus on was the blanket in the movies, to keep this shit from fucking staying in her head.
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You know what I mean?
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That's how she dealt with this bullshit.
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Yeah, and victims of crimes like these.
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They have to go to therapy, for I mean years upon years, and if they don't go to therapy, I mean it could just be a cycle of self-sabotage and self-destruction.
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But Bruce Pierce faces justice in both counties, but the legal process is layered.
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I want to break down the convictions and his sentences, starting with Hendricks County.
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On February 23, 2016, under Clause no 32D03-1409-F1-00001, judge Love presides over the case.
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Two counts of child molesting as a Level 1 felony are dismissed.
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The third count child molesting by fondling or touching a child under 14, and a level four felony is resolved through a plea agreement.
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I guarantee you that's another one of these deals where much love to judge love.
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He didn't want to put this poor child through the bullshit of a trial because this dude is probably not guilty.
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So they plea bargained with this punk ass, fucking dude I know.
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But I don't see why when they plea bargain they plea the highest charge gone.
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I mean, in these cases I don't.
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I think the highest charge should stick in.
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The lowest charge, if they're pleading at all, should be pled away.
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Or I don't think it should be pled away period.
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But you know, it's absolutely like dealing with the devil is what it is.
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That's exactly what it is, but in this case I'm sure they saved the poor baby from having to testify against this fucking monster.
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The sentencing is detailed on February 23rd 2016.
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Bruce is ordered to serve 3,650 days, which is 10 years, in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
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Starting immediately, he gets 712 days of jail credit, including 534 actual days and 178 days of good time credit.
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Of the 10-year term, 730 days, which is about two years, are suspended and he's placed on probation for those 730 days.
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The sentence runs concurrently with his Morgan County case calls number 55D02-1409FA001422.
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Conditions include no alcohol consumption or or his substance abuse problem.
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Apparently he has one.
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A fucking.
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Apparently he's got some fucking problems 1409 FA 001422, judge Bernham oversees the case.
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Now, this is two counts of child molesting involving intercourse or deviant sex with a victim under 14.
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Class A felonies are dismissed without prejudice.
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The third count, child molesting as a a class c felony, is resolved via a plea agreement.
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Bruce is sentenced to eight years in the indiana department of corrections starting march 18th of 2016, with 557 days of jail credit.
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This sentence runs concurrently with the hendricks county case.
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Now, so here we are again with the consecutively and the concurrently.
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For the life of me, I can never remember which one is which.
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So concurrently means At the same time.
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Concurrent means at the same time and, folks, if you can't remember the last time I said this, last time I said this, the way I remember is the Kansas City Chiefs won consecutive Super Bowls.
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That means back to back, that means they didn't run together, one right after another.
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Yeah, so that's a good thing.
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If his sentence run consecutive, that means one after the other.
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When his sentence runs concurrent, that means it's at the same time Right.
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If he got five 10-year sentences that run concurrent, that means he's really only doing fucking one sentence, because they're all running at the same time.
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If he got five 10-year consecutive, that means he's doing 50.
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So they screwed this poor victim because it says this sentence runs concurrently with the Hendricks County case.
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So all that time's running together as one.
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Right A lot of times if they don't catch a criminal and it's like they call it, like a crime spree type shit.
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So what they say is well, he did all this shit before we charged him with all this shit, so we'll just run them all together.
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It's all part of the plea bargain bullshit.
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Oh, Now there's another conviction in Henrich County on October 5th 2020 under cause number 32 CO1 1409-F1-00001.
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Bruce is convicted of child molesting as a level four felony and sentenced to one year in the Indiana Department of Correction, with a projective release date of September 8th 2021.
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This adds to his already extensive record.
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So whenever I was looking up Bruce Pierce, this case did not pop up at all, and whenever I searched his prison record, this case was in his prison record for 2020.
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And that's how I got the link at the time.
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But tell me, why is he only sentenced to one year when he is a habitual offender?
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How did?
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he only get one year.
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That don't make sense.
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On a level four.
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Did you see if he was supposed to be registering as a sex offender for this?
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Yes, he's supposed to be registering as a sex offender for this.
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Yes, he's supposed to be registering as a violent sexual predator.
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And then he got this other case, I mean, and then one year it must have been, they must not have much on the case.
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I don't know he went to prison for it.
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Shit pisses me the fuck off.
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Right Now the Indiana Department of Corrections records tie it together Bruce Pierce, doc number 259487, born October 1985, white male, was incarcerated at the Indianapolis Parole District.
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His sentences are documented February 3rd 2016, for child molesting, a level four felony in Hendricks County, a seven year 11 month 29 day term, with the projected release date of September of 2019.
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Then, march 17th 2016 for child molesting, a class C felony in Morgan County, an eight-year term, with projected release date August 9, 2022, and October 5, 2020, for child molesting, a Level 4 felony in Hendricks County, a one-year term.
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His earliest possible release date was August 9, 2022.
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State records confirm he was sentenced to eight years total for the 2016 convictions and classified as a sexually violent predator on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry since September of 2019.
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So, oh, Bruce serves his time.
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He gets out by August 2022 and is back in Indianapolis.
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You'd hope someone with that record would stay clean, but predators don't always change.
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Just like we say, folks, these kid diddlers are like it's like dope to them.
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That brings us to May 2025, where this story takes a violent, explosive turn.
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Now, on May 4th, the Baymont Inn at 3850 Eagle View Drive in Indianapolis, room 111.
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It's a Sunday morning when IMPD gets a call that sends officers racing to the scene.
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A female caller reports walking into room 111 and finding a man named Bruce trying to rip off the clothes of a 12-year-old girl.
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We'll call victim to to protect her identity.
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Then more calls flood in.
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A male has been shot.
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Detective Heiser from IMPD's Child Abuse Unit is paged to contact Officer Nall who's on the scene.
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Officer Nall briefs Heiser and it's grim scene.
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