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Friday, March 14, 2003     Page: 5A

PLYMOUTH – Part-time borough police officer Charles Benson has been placed
on unpaid leave after being arrested on charges of threatening and assaulting
his wife.
   
Police Chief Myles Collins said Benson will remain on leave “until further
notice.”
    Benson, 37, of Dallas Township, was employed as a part-time officer for two
years. He worked about 40 hours a week on the 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift, Collins
said.
   
Benson was arrested Tuesday after police were called to his home at about 3
a.m. by his wife.
   
She told police Benson arrived home at 1:45 a.m., kicked and threw her
puppy, and later held a rolled-up kitchen towel to his wife’s throat,
according to Dallas Township Police.
   
She told police she asked Benson if he was going to strangle her and he
didn’t answer. He later told her he needed to find his gun, police said.
   
Dallas Township Police Chief Robert Jolley said police confiscated multiple
weapons from Benson’s home.
   
Benson was arrested on charges of simple assault and harassment. He was
arraigned before District Justice James Tupper and released on $5,000 bail.
   
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday.