Chris Wilmore, AKA "Scarface," has gotten national attention for starting the Street Beefs fight club in Harrisonburg. City police confirmed to WHSV that he was recently arrested --for assault.

An officer with the Harrisonburg Police Dept (HPD) said that someone filed a complaint saying Wilmore brandished a knife at him on March 18 on East Johnson Street in Harrisonburg. Wilmore did not use the knife; a third person stepped in between the two and no one was hurt.

A magistrate issued a warrant after the citizen made the complaint. HPD said Wilmore was arrested for misdemeanor assault and battery and was released on bond on the same day.

Police could not confirm whether the situation was related to Street Beefs.

I spoke exclusively with Wilmore, and he says it's all a lie.

Harrisonburg police told me it was a citizen-obtained warrant, meaning someone went to a magistrate and made a criminal complaint. Wilmore said, "As long as they raise their right hand and say it happened, most of the time they are given a warrant; and an individual who is a multitime convicted felon --I mean I've been in trouble." Wilmore added, "But this guy has been in three times the trouble as me --went down and swore on a warrant and claimed that I pulled a knife on him."

Wilmore said the story is fabricated and that he has witnesses. Wilmore faces court later this month, where --he tells me-- he will be vindicated.

We first introduced you to Wilmore, back in January when his fight club gained national attention. Its mission to take people off the streets and have them settle their problems through fist-fighting.

WHSV's past reporting about Street Beefs is online