On November 9, 2022 at approximately 7:45 p.m. officers from the Ashland Police Department responded to the downtown plaza for a report of a disorderly man threating people with a knife, and throwing items at cars.
As officers were searching the area they encountered the suspect, identified as Vander Bevill, a 23 year old Ashland resident. When Bevill was contacted by officers he was holding a knife to his throat. Officers confronted Bevill with a less lethal weapon (a bean bag shotgun) and ordered him to drop the knife (the less lethal weapon was deployed but not used).
Bevill dropped the knife and fled on foot. Pursuing officers caught Bevill and took him into custody without further incident after additional officers arrived on scene.
Bevill was lodged at the Jackson County Jail on charges of Disorderly Conduct, Menacing, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Interfering with a Police Officer. Bevill was no longer in custody as of 1 p.m. on November 10, 2022.
Source: APD
