CUMBERLAND — A Stephens City, Virginia, man is awaiting extradition after he was arrested on a fugitive warrant during investigation of an alleged assault early Sunday in the 900 block of Bedford Street, according to Cumberland Police.
Ben Richard Metheny was taken into custody without incident at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday when officers investigated the assault incident, which was followed by a second report of a suspicious person at the same address.
Metheny, 45, was charged with hindering and obstructing and fraud per identification to avoid prosecution before he was jailed on $1,000 bond set by a district court commissioner.
Metheny was also jailed on a detainer issued on the arrest warrant from Indiana, police said.