Vernon man charged in Charlottesville incident

Dennis L. Mothersbaugh; photo courtesy of Jennings County Sheriff’s Dept.

A Jennings County man has been arrested and will be extradited to Charlottesville, Virginia, to face an assault-and-battery charge stemming from clashes between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators in August.

The Jennings County Sheriff’s Department says that 37-year-old Dennis L. Mothersbaugh, was arrested Thursday afternoon a his Vernon home.  Our news-gathering partners at “The Republic” are reporting that the Virginia warrant was issued after video from the clashes surfaced online. Police say that the video shows Mothersbaugh marching with white supremacists and punching two people.