Authorities have arrested an Indiana man accused of assault and battery during an incident at the Unite the Right protests in Charlottesville, Va., last month.

Dennis L. Mothersbaugh, 37, was arrested Thursday in North Vernon by the Jennings County Sheriff's Office on charges of assault and battery, according to a news release from the Charlottesville Police Department.

Writer and activist Shaun King called on federal and Indiana law enforcement agencies to arrest Mothersbaugh after a video surfaced of a man punching two counterprotesters during the Aug. 12 rally. King asked his followers on Twitter and Facebook to help identify that man and several other white nationalist protesters accused of committing crimes during the rally.

In the video, a man, whom King and his followers identified as Mothersbaugh, punches an unidentified man who appears to point and yell at him. Moments later, the first man punches another person, this time a woman, in the face.

North Vernon Police Department Sgt. Andrew Richmond told IndyStar on Sept. 18 that the department was aware of an outstanding warrant for Mothersbaugh from Virginia, but said that the misdemeanor charge did not require extradition.

Richmond also told IndyStar at the time that the department was aware of the video and that the man in the video appeared to be Mothersbaugh.

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Charlottesville Police spokesman Lt. Steve Upman could not provide details regarding when Mothersbaugh's extradition was requested and what, if anything, had changed in the days since the warrant was issued.

Mothersbaugh, a North Vernon resident, is being held in the Jennings County Jail and will be extradited to the Charlottesville/Abemarle Regional Jail "in the near future," according to a news release.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Call IndyStar reporter Holly Hays at (317) 444-6156. Follow her on Twitter: @hollyvhays.

