By Stacia Kalinoski

EUGENE, Ore. -- The City of Eugene has maintained from the start that the arrest of Ben Bond was not about plugging strangers' expired meters. But now that they've dropped the harassment charge against him, what is it they're going after him for?

Ben Bond was arrested and fined more than $800 following a confrontation with a meter maid earlier this month.

The cheaper of the two fines is now dropped, which leaves Bond facing the obstruction of governmental agency charge. Now the question is, what exactly does that mean?

The last two weeks of Ben Bond's life have been a rollercoaster of emotion.

The last two days have brought that stress down a bit. Arrested after his confrontation with a metermaid for plugging expired meters, he was first charged with harassment and obstruction of governmental agency. On Wednesday, the city dropped the harassment charge.

That leaves the obstruction of governmental agency charge, which will was filed Thursday as a violation. That means the city would rather have a judge rule on it than a jury.

Lawyer Bill Wiswall says the city's complaint doesn't specify why they believe Bond was guilty of the obstruction of governmental agency, so he'll be filing a motion for more information. He says the city must prove that Bond prevented the parking attendent from doing her job.

If they pursue the fact that Bond was plugging meters, it would seem to contradict what city leaders claimed his case was about.

In a release following his arrest, the city wrote, "Police were not called to respond because Mr. Bond plugged meters. They were called because he was intimidating and threatening the employee."

City officials also maintain that while they do have an ordinance against plugging strangers meters, they never enforce it.

With the obstruction of governmental agency charge filed as a violation, Bond faces a fine and/or community service. His arraignment is set for next week, February 4.