Inmate flips table during sentencing

An area man who was caught on video throwing chairs in a courtroom last year will likely face new charges after a Wednesday afternoon tantrum involving courthouse furniture.

Our news-gathering partners at “The Republic” are reporting that 21-year-old Jordan Rhodes was being sentenced by Bartholomew Superior Court 1 Judge Jim Worton on three felony counts of Battery with Bodily Injury to a Public Safety Officer. The paper reports that Rhoades had agreed to a plea bargain that limited the sentence for the three felonies to not exceed six years. After hearing the sentence, Rhodes reportedly flipped over the defense table before being subdued by officers.

The sentence stems from an incident last September inside the jail last year when Rhoades was accused of taking metal rods from a cell door and throwing them at three county jail deputies. Authorities say the attacks happened after other inmates flooded parts of the jail.

Rhodes was already serving time in prison for a February 2017 incident where he was caught on video hurling chairs in the direction of Judge Kathleen Tighe Coriden and Deputy Prosecutor Jeremy Fisk during a hearing in Bartholomew Superior Court 2.

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