Distraught man with gun arrested in NW Bend

Police said they are still trying to figure out why a 32-year-old Spokane, Washington man was in a northwest Bend neighborhood early Saturday, shining a flashlight at homes, yelling and screaming and damaging fences. Officers said he resisted arrest and was carrying a concealed handgun and several loaded magazines.

Police responded around 4:10 a.m. to the area of Awbrey Road near Portland Avenue on a complaint of an intoxicated man with a flashlight, yelling and screaming and damaging fences, said Sgt. Elizabeth Lawrence.

A second caller advised the man, wearing dark clothing, was near their home, pacing up and down the street with a flashlight, Lawrence said.

Officers contacted the man, identified as Vitaliy V. Ivanov, in the 1600 block of Awbrey Road as he illuminated a home with a handgun light that was not attached to a weapon, the sergeant said.

Lawrence said Ivanov resisted arrest as he was taken into custody on a criminal mischief charge, and he was found to have a concealed semi-automatic handgun, along with four loaded magazines.

Later, two more loaded magazines and a can of pepper spray were found in the landscaping near where Ivanov was arrested, the officer said.

Ivanov was booked into the Deschutes County Jail on charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, two counts of second-degree criminal mischief and resisting arrest. He remained held late Saturday on $20,000 bail.

Lawrence said the investigation is ongoing, but that officers so far have been unable to learn why Ivanov was in the area or caused the property damage.

About 4 1/2 years ago, in late April 2010, Ivanov was arrested in Spokane when police said he was driving under the influence of intoxicants and failed to negotiate a corner, crashing into the landscaping of a home.

Washington State Police troopers said said Ivanov was driving a yellow Hummer erratically and there was a high-speed chase through downtown Spokane. The Hummer was totaled when he hit a large boulder in a yard going 60 mph, KREM reported.

A passenger was injured but refused medical treatment, The Spokesman-Review reported.

Ivanov was arrested on charges of vehicular assault, reckless driving, attempting to elude a police officer and resisting arrest.