Courtroom attacker who jumped judge on bench is mentally ill repeat offender

GUYS IN THE STUDIO? >> HIGHLIGHT >> OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH 13 CHIEF INVESTIGATOR DARCY SPEARS. THAT’S RIGHT. DARCY, YOU’VE BEEN DIGGING INTO RED IN ITS CRIMINAL HISTORY HERE AND WHAT HE TOLD THE COURT BEFORE ALL OF THAT CHAOS, TRISHA, IT APPEARS THAT READING IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SYSTEM CAN FAIL MENTALLY ILL DEFENDANTS. HIS ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT REAGAN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER. HE’D BEEN THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH COURT IN A STRING OF VIOLENT CRIMES FOR THE CASE TODAY, HE WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON BUT PLAYED IT

DOWN TO ATTEMPTED BATTERY WITH SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM. >> MISTER EDDINS, ANYTHING US AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO FOR PINELLAS. SO BASICALLY BASED HISTORY. SHOULD BE LIGHTS CHRISTMAS. FOR SECOND TIME. YOU LOOK YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY, LOOK AT YOUR STUFF. SHE THIS. I WAS DEAD. LIVED NO 3 FELONIES ACROSS 9 MISDEMEANORS. MULTIPLE TV’S. GOT A LOT GOING I ASKED BETTER IN A PROTECTED PERSON. ROBBERIES. TEMPS, HOME INVASION. >> COURT RECORDS SHOW JUDGE HOLDS OVERSAW ONE OF READING’S PREVIOUS CASES FOR MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY THAT WAS IN COURT AS RECENTLY AS OCTOBER. THE 2 HAVE A CALM

AND MATTER OF FACT, EXCHANGE WITH RED AND TELLING THE JUDGE HE’S A CHANGED MAN. EVEN INDICATING THAT HE UNDERSTANDS SHE MUST DO WHAT SHE FEELS IS RIGHT IN DECIDING WHETHER TO SEND HIM TO PRISON FOR A SECOND BASED SYSTEM.

>> THE HIRES AS TO SERVE 4. YOU KNOW, ALREADY POWER. REASON EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE BODIES OUT. I KNOW >> COURSE, I STILL DIDN’T KNOW AND SO WAS ALL MISSION. UNDERSTAND. MOST OF ALSO A LITTLE BETTER. MOST CHILD STAKES. YOU SHOULDN’T SENT BUT IT’S ON THE BETTER PAY SMALL NOT, YOU NOW, YOU IT INSIDE YOU KNOW, SO

THAT PERSONALLY NEVER STOPS TRYING DIRECT I JUST. THERE WERE PEOPLE TAPE FIRST AT HE SAYS HE’S DONE THE BEST HE CAN IN LIGHT OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. >> HIS ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT THE 30 YEAR-OLD DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND PLANNED TO PURSUE THAT WHILE TRAINING FOR A NEW JOB. HE JUST GOTTEN WITH THE TEAMSTERS TELLING THE JUDGE READ AND WILL DO WELL ON PROBATION AND IS WORTH THE RISK. >> APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I THINK IT’S TIME GET A TASTE OF SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE I JUST CAN’T WITH THAT HISTORY. THE COURT WITH

THE LAST IN >> IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK, PANIC ENSUES AS IT’S CLEAR, MORE HELP IS NEEDED IN THE COURTROOM. OFF CAMERA, DOWN ON THE GROUND BEHIND THE BENCH. BRITAIN APPEARS TO BE IN THE THROES OF A PSYCHOTIC BREAK YELLING UNINTELLIGIBLE LEE AND LOUDLY CLAPPING. NO DOUBT. LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN THE WAKE OF THIS, INCLUDING INQUIRIES INTO THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM IN DEALING WITH MENTALLY ILL REPEAT OFFENDERS. >> AND OF COURSE, ANY SHORTCOMINGS IN COURTROOM SECURITY. AGAIN, THE DISTRICT COURT SAYS THEY ARE REVIEWING THEIR SAFETY PROTOCOLS, WHICH I’M SURE

WILL BE A INCLUDE HANDLING RED AND VERY DIFFERENTLY WHEN HE’S BACK IN COURT