Marshals arrest Youngstown man in Virginia

YOUNGSTOWN — After an alleged assault on Tuesday, U.S. marshals in Charlottesville, Va., apprehended 27-year-old Rudolph Matland III of Youngstown later that day in Stuarts Draft, Va., on charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, kidnapping, aggravated burglary and domestic violence. He is currently being housed at the Augusta County Jail in Virginia, awaiting extradition to Ohio.

Authorities charge that Matland forced his way into his estranged wife’s West Side residence and assaulted her, said Capt. Kenneth Centorame, chief of Youngstown detectives. Centorame said Matland punched his mother-in-law and sprayed her with Mace, stabbed his estranged wife in the back of the neck and left leg and dragged her out the front door. She broke free and was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center. Her condition was not immediately available.

The marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force received the request for assistance and immediately began to hunt down Matland, said Peter J. Elliott, U.S. Marshal for the northern district of Ohio. The investigation developed information that Matland immediately fled to Virginia where he was ultimately located and apprehended, Elliott said.