Report: Former South Jersey Police Chief Arrested For Strangling Woman

A retired police chief from Gloucester County has been arrested on charges including aggravated assault for allegedly strangling a woman and threatening to kill her in an alleged domestic violence incident, according to media reports.

Franklin S. Brown Jr., former Glassboro police chief
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Jon Craig

04/16/2021 6:14 p.m.

Franklin S. Brown Jr., 53, of Glassboro retired from the police force in 2019 and most recently worked as administrator of the city of Woodbury, a job he resigned from on Tuesday, Mayor Peg Sickel told NJ Advance Media.

The former Glassboro police chief was arrested and charged on Sunday with aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim, simple assault and making terroristic threats, court records show.

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