The Lake Wales Police Department (LWPD) said the owner of a dry cleaning business was arrested after threatening a customer and striking a police officer.

Police said a customer called to report 68-year-old James Franklin Brow, the owner of Longs Dry Cleaners on West Central Avenue in Lakeland, for allegedly threatening to kill him over a service dispute.

LWPD said an officer met with the customer and developed probable cause to charge Brow for assaulting the customer. When the officer went to speak with Brow, he refused to let her inside his business.

According to police, Brow eventually stepped outside, and when the officer told Brow he was under arrest and attempted to take him into custody, Brow pulled away and began hitting the officer on her head and face several times with his fi

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