SHENANDOAH — A borough man was jailed after being arrested by Shenandoah police on attempted murder and other charges.
Police said Jason N. Bredbenner, 32, of 23 S. Chestnut St., was charged with attempted murder by drug delivery, aggravated assault and possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, all felony offenses; as well as misdemeanor crimes of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker, Shenandoah, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $100,000 straight cash bail.
Patrolman Travis Bowman, the arresting officer, charged Bredbenner in connection with an incident at his home about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Bowman said officers were called to the home for a report of a heroin overdose and, while arriving at the scene, heard a man’s voice and then a person running. The officer also said he heard a door hit off of a wall or a door stop and then what sounded like a garbage bag hitting the ground.
Inside the home, Bowman said, he found a woman lying unconscious on a couch making gurgling noises, her face blue and barely breathing with a faint pulse.
Bredbenner was standing next to the woman and was acting in a panic saying he had no idea what happened to the woman, Bowman said.
When asked, Bowman said, Bredbenner then said the woman overdosed on heroin and that he threw the bags into a trash can. Bredbenner then proceeded to get the bags out of the garbage can, Bowman said, adding that inside the home he saw various items of drug paraphernalia including a glass smoking device.
Shenandoah ALS arrived and administered multiple doses of Narcan to the woman who subsequently became alert, Bowman said. He added that the woman reported she provided Bredbenner $120 to purchase heroin for them and that he returned, injected the drug into her and she became unconscious.
When searched, Bowman said, Bredbenner was found with six glassine baggies containing suspected heroin and items of drug paraphernalia.
Bredbenner will now have to appear for a preliminary hearing before Kilker in his Shenandoah courtroom.