North Carolina Man Facing Trial For Centerville Assault

A North Carolina man will face trial here in Washington County after allegedly assaulting police officers in the parking lot of a Centerville church earlier this month.  According to police, it all started when 22-year-old Dillon Bernheisel’s wife called them during a domestic dispute in the parking lot of the Malden Christian Fellowship Church on the evening of June 3rd. When police arrived, they found Bernheisel sitting on the steps of the church and his wife sitting in a car. She claimed he had stripped off all his clothes but put them back on once officers arrived.  Then, police say he became angry and threatened to “shoot and kill all police.”  Next, a struggle broke out – resulting in the injury of one California Borough and one Centerville Borough police officer.  Once arrested, the Whitesville, North Carolina native was charged with aggravated assault of an officer, disarming law enforcement, terroristic threats, indecent exposure, and many others.  At Bernheisel’s preliminary hearing Thursday, in front of Magistrate Josh Kanalis, Bernheisel has been held for court on all charges, set to begin July 30^th.  He’s currently in the Washington County Jail on $25,000 bail.