Portland man jailed after Eugene home break-in assault leaves two injured

EUGENE, Ore. — A 45-year-old Portland man was arrested Saturday night after breaking into a home on Alder Street and striking two people with a makeshift baseball bat that had a nail sticking out of it.

At 9:08 p.m. November 7, officers responded to a report of an assault on the 1700 block of Alder Street. Officers arrived and found that a man had broken a glass pane on the front door of a home with the bat before striking two of the people inside the home, police said. The man had reportedly threatened the group to turn down the music or he would kill them.

The man, identified as Derek Edmond Heiner, left the residence before police arrived…

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