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Longview officer charged with assault



A Longview police officer has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested in Upshur County on Saturday.

Aulderson Levi Franklin, a Longview patrol officer, was charged with assault family violence following an incident in Big Sandy, Upshur County officials said.

Franklin, who was commissioned in February as a Longview police officer, was released Sunday on a $5,000 bond, according to the Upshur County Jail website.

Upshur County Sheriff's Lt. Freddie Fitzgerald said deputies answered a disturbance call on Orange Road in Big Sandy about 9:45 p.m. Saturday.

Deputies spoke with witnesses, as well as Franklin, and determined family violence had occurred at the location, Fitzgerald said.

The victim, a relative of Franklin's, had been choked, he said.

Franklin was booked into the county jail and charged with assault family violence enhanced, impeding breath.

The felony charge carries a sentence of two to 10 years if convicted, Fitzgerald said.

Longview city spokesman Shawn Hara said Franklin has been placed on administrative leave pending a department internal investigation.