Bend woman indicted on child abuse charges

Published 12:22 am Thursday, September 4, 2014

A Bend woman is in Deschutes County jail after police found the 21-month-old she was caring for suffered non-accidental injuries in July.

Sarah Marie Hendriks, 28, was lodged in Deschutes County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail after a grand jury indicted her on charges of first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment.

At noon on July 24, Bend Police officers were dispatched to the emergency room at St. Charles Bend on a report of a 21-month-old baby girl suffering from multiple injuries. Police determined the baby’s injuries were not accidental, and Hendriks was identified as the caretaker at the time the injuries were sustained. Hendriks had allegedly failed to provide medical attention to the child after the injuries were sustained.

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