LAKE WALES, Fla. - The owner of a Lake Wales dry cleaning company was arrested on Saturday after police say he threatened to kill a customer following a dispute over services and then punched an officer several times when she went to investigate the incident.

What we know:

According to the Lake Wales Police Department, a customer called police and reported that James Franklin Brow, the owner of Long’s Dry Cleaners, located at 10 W. Central Ave. in Lake Wales, threatened to kill him during a dispute over services.

When the officer arrived, she said she met with the victim and developed probable cause to charge Brow for assaulting the customer.

However, when she went to identify and interview Brow to get his side of the story, she said he was irate, argumentative and closed the door

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