India, May 24 -- A Henderson County man was arrested on May 22 after being accused of assaulting a runner in the Bent Creek Experimental Forest, according to Matt Marshall, spokesperson with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, the Citizen Times reported. The suspect has been identified as Dillon James Curtis.

Curtis is 29 years old and from Etowah. He was arrested by Henderson County Sheriff's Office deputies and charged with assault on a female, communicating threats, false imprisonment and interfering with emergency communication. All of these are misdemeanor charges.

Curtis was arrested on warrants sworn out by Emily Sutherland, 27, an Asheville content creator. Sutherland, an avid hiker and runner, alleged that Curtis followed her...