Photo: Barnes County Correctional Center

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A 49-year-old Fargo man is facing several felony charges after he allegedly assaulted a Barnes County Sheriff’s deputy.

According to the news release Dustin L. Lende was being pursued by deputies in Cass County for a prior incident in that county. The pursuit ended when he fled into Barnes County with his vehicle.

Authorities responded to a call of a suspicious man in the lobby of a Valley City hotel. Deputies approached Lende to question him and he became combative and assaulted one of the deputies.

Deputies placed Lende into custody and he was taken to the Barnes County Correctional Center where he is being held on a $5,000 cash bond.

Sheriff McClaflin said the Deputy who was assaulted suffered minor injuries and is expected to be back to work soon. He also thanked the Valley City Police Department for assisting his Deputies with this arrest.