BEND, OR -- A South County man, accused last week of assaulting a state trooper, has been indicted fore more than a dozen crimes stemming from two incidents.
The Deschutes County District Attorney's office says 50-year-old Alexander DiRienzo encountered Sheriff’s deputies in early September, when he pulled his car in front of patrol cars during a traffic stop, preventing the officers from leaving. When they attempted to detain him he drove to his nearby driveway, got out of his car with a gun and allegedly verbally threatened deputies.