Former Alabama police chief indicted on domestic violence charges

Franklin Gregory Jackson (Covington County Sheriff's Office)
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A former Alabama police chief has been indicted on multiple charges of domestic violence.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday announced the indictments against Franklin Gregory Jackson, 50, of Lockhart, who is the former Lockhart Police Chief.

Jackson surrendered to the Covington County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday.

Jackson is charged with one count of domestic violence strangulation/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.

Marshall said the indictments were issued Sept. 28. He did not release additional details, and efforts to obtain Jackson’s mugshot from the Covington County Jail were not immediately successful.

It wasn’t immediately clear when Jackson left the Lockhart Police Department.

If convicted, Jackson faces two to 20 years in prison 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.

Additionally, he faces up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $6,000 on each of the third-degree domestic violence charges, which are class A misdemeanors.

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