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07/27/10 MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - One month after convicted "Big Bellied Rapist" Bruce Tuck claimed his original confession in Weakley County, Tennessee was coerced with junk food, Tuck is at it again while awaiting related charges in Shelby County.
06/21/10 Weakley County Sheriff Mike Wilson says convicted serial rapist Bruce Tuck was just trying to get attention when he filed a petition over the weekend to overturn his conviction on 19 combined rapes, kidnappings and robberies.
06/19/10 Bruce Tuck says he was coerced into confessing by authorities who had him on a lettuce-only diet while in jail.
03/26/10 "Big bellied rapist" Bruce Tuck will likely die behind bars. He pleaded guilty to three rapes in Martin, Tennessee and now faces similar charges in Shelby County. Officials said he has been anything but a model inmate behind bars.
03/12/10 Convicted serial rapist Bruce Tuck of Gleason has been arraigned on similar rape charges in Shelby County.
03/04/10 A former volunteer law enforcement officer and firefighter who confessed to a series of rapes in West Tennessee last summer arrived Thursday in the Shelby County Jail to face more rape charges.Bruce Tuck, 36, whose most identifiable feature in victims' accounts was his large stomach, was indicted in Shelby County last month in connection with three sexual assaults last June and August.Dist. Atty ...
02/11/10 Bruce Tuck has been indicted for the rapes of three other victims in Memphis and Shelby County.
02/11/10 SHELBY COUNTY, TN - A convicted rapist is now facing more charges in another county. The Shelby County District Attorney announced that today a Shelby County grand jury indicted Bruce Tuck in connection to multiple sexual assaults that occurred last summer.
12/11/09 For the first time, the father of a man convicted in a string of West Tennessee rapes is speaking to the media. Action News 5 sister station WBBJ-TV spoke to Bruce Tuck's father moments after Thursday's hearing.
12/10/09 The suspect in a series of West Tennessee rapes has pleaded guilty to sex crimes in Martin. Weakley County prosecutor Tommy Thomas said 36-year-old Bruce Tuck of Gleason entered pleas Thursday in Dresden to 19 counts, including six counts of aggravated rape.
12/10/09 Bruce Tuck, the man suspected as the "Big-Bellied Rapist," pleaded guilty in a Weakley County courtroom to 19 counts related to three rapes in Martin, Tennessee Thursday morning.
12/10/09 Bruce Tuck sentenced to 60 years without parole Asks for forgiveness
12/09/09 WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN - There is breaking news in the case of a local man charged with a series of rapes in west Tennessee. According to WREG-TV in Memphis, there is a plea deal in the works for Bruce Tuck of Gleason. Police arrested Tuck in September on charges connected to three rapes in Tennessee.
11/05/09 The man who police say is the pot-bellied rapist, Bruce Tuck, is facing more rape charges.
11/05/09 A Mid-South man facing over 20 charges of rape was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation Thursday. Looking much thinner, Bruce Tuck, the accused 'big-bellied rapist' spent five minutes in court. Tuck answered the judge's questions, and then pleaded not guilty to 22 different charges spread across three different rape cases.
09/30/09 Appearing in court for just a few minutes, Bruce Tuck waives his right to a preliminary hearing.
09/11/09 Bruce Tuck, 35, of Gleason will re-appear before Weakley County General Sessions Judge Tommy Moore on Wednesday, Sept. 16 for a preliminary hearing.
09/04/09 Bruce Tuck, the authorities in West Tennessee suspect of being the 'big bellied' rapist, could soon be charged in at least two more attacks.
09/03/09 Bruce Tuck lived in Atoka before moving back to Gleason, where police picked him up Wednesday. Neighbors remember the man as being a volunteer firefighter, but they also have other memories of the man now accused of rape.
09/03/09 GLEASON - A next-door neighbor to Bruce Tuck said she was shocked to see a crowd of law enforcement officers outside his parents' home Wednesday.
09/03/09 It seems Bruce Tuck was attracted to wearing the badge, and upholding the law. He started back more than 10 years ago with the state department of corrections. After the serious allegations of rape and sexual assault, Tuck will likely never be given a badge, again. | 
