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ELKINS -- A traffic stop lead to a chase on foot and a police officer allegedly being kicked and head-butted.
Nathan Lewis, 39, was charged with possession with intent to deliver, obstructing and attempting to disarm an officer, and driving revoked for DUI-third offense.
He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $50,000 cash-only bond set by Magistrate Mike Dyer.
On Thursday at approximately 9:53 p.m. Patrolman J.H. White conducted a traffic stop on a Saab on Goff Street due to a registration light being out and expired registration, according to the criminal complaint.
The driver, Lewis, was "visibly shaking" while speaking to the officer, and said he'd lost his license, the complaint states. He also allegedly identified himself using several false names, and a false date of birth.
The officer detained Lewis and began to search the vehicle, finding baggies containing substances that appeared to be fentanyl and methamphetamine, and a digital scale, the complaint states.
At this point, Lewis ran from the traffic stop, "through multiple yards, eventually ending in a backyard behind Auto Zone," according to the complaint.
The officer caught up to Lewis, who then "began fighting the officer while in handcuffs," the complaint states. Lewis "then kicked and head-butted the officer multiple times.
"During the altercation the subject grabbed the officer's firearm and was able to take the hood off the holster down in an attempt to withdraw the officer's service firearm from the officer's holster," the complaint states.
White was "able to gain compliance" and walk Lewis back to the traffic stop, according to the complaint.
Police said Lewis has two prior driving revoked for DUI convictions, in February 2015 and September 2015.
White wrote that he was assisted at the scene by members of the Elkins Police Department, the Randolph County Sheriff's Office and the West Virginia State Police.