HOLLIDAYSBURG — An assistant district attorney has filed paperwork in Blair County court requesting bails be revoked in both cases against the city man accused of rape in February 2024 after he allegedly violated his bail conditions.

David Jeffrey Brunner, now 25, was arrested after Altoona and Logan Township received a complaint of sexual assault from Penn State Altoona police in October 2024 that occurred in February 2024 at an off-campus party along Juniata Gap Road, according to the police report.

Brunner was arraigned on single felony counts of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two felony counts of sexual assault.

Brunner’s bail was initially set at $50,000 cash on Oct. 9, 2024, and he was remanded to the Blair County Prison until his bail type was changed to $50,000 unsecured on Oct. 24, 2024.

Brunner had new charges filed against him in a separate case on Jan. 21, 2026, according to online court documents.

Magisterial District Judge Benjamin F. Jones arraigned Brunner on a misdemeanor count of simple assault and a summary count of harassment. His preliminary hearing was held Feb. 4, when all charges were bound to the Blair County Court of Common Pleas, online court documents state.

Bail in that case was set at $75,000 cash on Jan. 21 and posted by Surety Bonds on Feb. 12, allowing Brunner to walk free, court documents state.

In a motion filed by Blair County Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Mays requesting Brunner’s bails be revoked, he wrote that the new charges against Brunner were brought after he allegedly “pushed his paramour to the ground and kicked her in the stomach multiple times.”

Mays wrote that these alleged actions “constitute an explicit violation of the conditions imposed under Brunner’s bail bond,” which state that “Brunner must refrain from criminal activity.”

He then asked for Brunner to “remain incarcerated until the disposition of his charges,” the motion states.

The first set of charges were brought against Brunner after a monthslong investigation in 2024. The victim told Altoona and Logan Township police that she got into the front passenger seat of Brunner’s vehicle when he offered her a chance to talk after she left her friend’s house along Juniata Gap Road following an argument. The victim said she thought they would talk in his car, which would remain in her friend’s driveway, but Brunner drove her to an empty parking lot near campus, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

The victim told officers they had initially remained in the front seats to talk before moving to the back seats, where they started kissing. She said Brunner “repeatedly attempted to touch her” despite her saying she “didn’t want to do anything else sexual.” Brunner then raped the victim, after which he drove her back to her vehicle, the police report states.

On March 3, 2024, Brunner provided police with a DNA sample by buccal swab. In an interview, Brunner said he offered to take the victim on a car ride following the argument between her and her friend. Once in an empty parking lot, Brunner said he and the victim began kissing in the front seats before moving to the back seats. Brunner told officers what transpired “was consensual,” according to the affidavit.

In his first case, Brunner is scheduled for jury selection and a bail hearing in front of Judge Paula M. Aigner on March 2 and March 27, respectively, while in his second case, he is scheduled for a formal arraignment on March 13.

Mirror Staff Writer Rachel Foor-Musselman is at 814-946-7458.