CORVALLIS, Ore. — The man arrested in the stabbings of five people at an Oregon home was in a courtroom days before the attack.
Court records show 22-year-old Benjamin Leland Bucknell pleaded not guilty last week to charges of burglary and criminal mischief. Prosecutors said he damaged a television and projector screen after breaking into a Corvallis apartment complex in February.
He was conditionally released from custody Thursday.
Police say the former Oregon State University student entered a house near campus Monday and wounded five people before fleeing. Police arrested Bucknell near a senior center.
He was booked into jail on charges of attempted murder, assault, resisting arrest and criminal mischief. Bail was set at $525,000.
Court records identify the injured as Catherine Lisman, Dan Rinkevich, Jesus Valencia-Camacho, Evan Burns and Nolan Batuso. The most seriously injured patient was flown to a Portland hospital.
