From The Tribune Staff Reports
MONTGOMERY — Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday, October 7, that a former Lockhart police chief on has been arrested on multiple charges of domestic violence.
According to Marshall, Franklin Gregory Jackson, 50, of Lockhart, surrendered at the Covington County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, October 6.
Marshall’s Criminal Trials Division presented evidence to a Covington County grand jury, resulting in Jackson’s indictment on Tuesday, September 28. Specifically, the indictment charges him with one count of domestic violence strangulation or suffocation, one count of second-degree domestic violence/stalking, two counts of third-degree domestic violence/harassment, and one count of third-degree domestic violence/assault.
If convicted, Jackson faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $30,000 for domestic violence strangulation or suffocation and for second-degree domestic violence/stalking, which are class B felonies. He also faces up to one year imprisonment and a fine of up to $6,000 on each third-degree domestic violence charge, class A misdemeanors.
No further information about the investigation or about Jackson’s alleged crimes other than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.
