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A Bend man accused of driving recklessly last week, whose license is revoked because of a 2004 manslaughter conviction, has also been charged with criminal mischief for allegedly damaging two cars in an August incident.

An indictment filed by the Deschutes County district attorney alleges that on or about Aug. 20, David Black, 30, destroyed the cars and other personal property of Brook Sedlmeyer and Evan Harmon. In total, the property damaged had a value of more than $10,000.

Sedlmeyer, 19, of Bend, is Black’s cousin. She said in a phone interview Saturday that she was living with Black and his girlfriend in an apartment in Bend when the incident allegedly occurred.

Bend Police responded to a report of domestic violence at a residence in northeast Bend early Aug. 20 and arrested Black on suspicion of criminal mischief, according to the Bend Police log.

Sedlmeyer said that while she was asleep the night of Aug. 19, Black started texting Harmon from Sedlmeyer’s phone.

“I woke up to David flipping out on me and yelling at me,” she said.

Sedlmeyer said that Black headed outside, where she said she could hear him kicking her car. She said she called Harmon, 29, of Bend, to pick her up, and when he arrived Black challenged him to a fight.

“He wanted to fight and I said, ‘Why would I fight you?’” Harmon said in a phone interview Saturday. “(Black) kicked a huge dent in the side of my car, and he was straight up trying to deny it.”

Black’s attorney, Daniel Yeager, could not be reached for comment.

Black was eventually released from custody in the incident but was behind bars again late on Oct. 12.

He was stopped by Bend Police on Northeast Third Street at about 11:30 p.m. and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, giving false information to the police and driving with a suspended license. Black allegedly had provided a false name and birth date to Bend Police Officer Kevin Uballez, according to his indictment

Black’s license had been revoked for eight years starting from the date of his release from Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in 2010.

Black was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in 2004 for his involvement in the death of 15-year-old Stephanie Beeksma in a speed race on Alfalfa Market Road. Beeksma was the passenger in a car driven by 16-year-old Danielle Gates. Gates sped past Black and co-defendant Randall Clifford and was hit by a van. The impact killed both Gates and Beeksma.

Black was not charged for Gates’ death because the girl was found to be a willing participant in the race.

He was sentenced to more than six years in prison under Oregon’s mandatory sentencing minimums, while Clifford accepted a plea deal and served six months in jail.

Black is being held in the Deschutes County jail on $70,000 bail. He has been ordered to have no contact with Sedlmeyer and Harmon and to abstain from alcohol and going to bars if he is released.

Black is scheduled to enter a plea on the charges of criminal mischief and to be arraigned on the indictment for the driving-related charges at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

— Reporter: 541-383-0376, cwithycombe@bendbulletin.com