North Carolina officer charged with assault on a female
GASTONIA — A Gastonia Police officer was charged Thursday with misdemeanor assault on a female. A Cherryville woman told a magistrate that Joshua Marvin McSwain threw a vanity stool at her on Feb. 15, striking her in the face and nose. McSwain, 34, joined the Gastonia Police Department on Jan. 22, 2018, after working more than seven years with Cherryville Police. He has been suspended with pay pending […]