Hendriks

Not guilty plea in shaken baby case

A Bend woman charged with assault for allegedly shaking a baby pleaded not guilty in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Thursday.

Sarah Marie Hendriks, 28, pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment. All of the charges are felonies.

Hendriks’ case is scheduled to be heard during a four-day jury trial beginning at 9 a.m., Nov. 4.

Hendriks appeared by video from the Deschutes County jail.

She was remanded into custody in lieu of $100,000 bail after she was indicted by a grand jury on the charges Sept. 2.

The Bend Police Department responded to a report of a possible shaken baby on July 24 at St. Charles Bend, according to police reports.

Police found the 21-month-old girl’s injuries, including bruises, a deviated left eye and swelling of the brain, were not accidental.

At the time of the injuries, the child was in Hendriks’ care at a motel in northeast Bend. Hendriks allegedly failed to seek medical care for the child after she suffered was injured.

— Claire Withycombe