Staff/Wire reports

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - A West Harrison man was arrested Sunday after fleeing a traffic stop and allegedly assaulting a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy.

James M. Bentley, 34, of East Rolling Drive was charged with DUI, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer and failure to comply.

Bentley was stopped about 4:40 p.m. on westbound Interstate 275. He drove away and crashed at Blue Rock and Weik Road, authorities said. When he got out of his vehicle, he assaulted the deputy and ran, but was caught nearby, the sheriff's office said.

Ky. woman found unconscious in motel

RICHWOOD - Police are investigating the assault of a 27-year-old Carrollton, Ky., woman found unconscious in her motel room Sunday afternoon.

Stacy Beals, who had been beaten, was found by housekeepers at the Econo Lodge, 11165 Frontage Road, about 12:15 p.m., said Tom Scheben of the Boone County Sheriff's Office. Beals was taken by helicopter to University Hospital, he said. The hospital would not release her condition.