NYC jail boss viciously beat estranged wife: court docs

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NYC jail boss viciously beat estranged wife: court docs

Shon Brown, an assistant deputy warden at the Manhattan Detention Complex, allegedly slashed the tires on his wife’s car and tailed the ride as someone else drove her home early on Dec. 31.

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NYC jail boss viciously beat estranged wife: court docs​

By
Gabrielle Fonrouge and

Craig McCarthy


February 2, 2022 7:32pm
Updated

Shon Brown was an assistant deputy warden at the Manhattan Detention Complex. Christopher Sadowski

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A jail boss in Manhattan’s infamous lockup is facing a slew of felony charges after he allegedly beat up and choked his estranged wife in a rage on New Year’s Eve, The Post has learned.
Shon Brown, an assistant deputy warden at the Manhattan Detention Complex, more commonly known as The Tombs, allegedly slashed the tires on his wife’s car and tailed the ride as someone else drove her home early on Dec. 31, according to a criminal complaint filed in Westchester County.
At one point, the driver pulled into a gas station, believing they were allowing the BMW behind them to pass, the complaint reads.
But Brown turned into the same station and started berating his wife, asking “where she had been,” the complaint says.
The wife and the other person, who the complaint does not name, drove off — but Brown continued to follow, according to court papers.
Once they arrived at the wife’s apartment building on Midland Avenue in Yonkers, Brown started screaming and allegedly threw his wife into a glass wall, the complaint says.
A warrant for Brown’s arrest was issued January 19.Shon Brown/Facebook
He then choked her until she briefly passed out, causing her to collapse, and punched her in the face while on the ground, according to the complaint.
At one point, the woman’s 15-year-old son showed up in the building’s vestibule area where the violent encounter was unfolding and tried to help his mom, the complaint says.
“I’m going to kill you,” Brown allegedly screamed at the pair before leaving, the complaint reads.
Later that day, Brown’s wife went to a tire repair shop in Scarsdale to fix her wheels and the jail boss showed up, allegedly telling her “I will pay to fix the fires. I hired someone to follow you and slash the tires,” according to the complaint.
Brown has been with the department of corrections for 26 years. Shon Brown/Facebook
Yonkers Police issued a warrant for Brown’s arrest on Jan. 19 after the woman, who is also a city Department of Correction employee, reported the incident to cops.
Brown turned himself in on Jan. 27, authorities said. He is charged with assault, strangulation, stalking, endangering the welfare of a child and menacing, according to court docs.
A judge ordered Brown to stay away from his wife and set bail at $2,500, according to a spokesperson for the Westchester County District Attorney.
Brown, who pulled in nearly $200,000 last fiscal year, according to payroll records, could not be reached for comment.
A spokesperson for the city Department of Correction confirmed Brown had been suspended without pay.
The assistant deputy warden admitted to slashing his estranged wife’s tires. Shon Brown/Facebook
“It is true that he had the car repaired and after the incident, they were talking about reconciling,” said Joseph Ruso, the president of Assistant Deputy Wardens/Deputy Wardens Association.
He declined to comment on the allegations.
“Shon Brown is a 26-year veteran of the department and, this incident aside, he was someone in very good standing in the department,” Russo added.
Brown was honored in 2013 by then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his bravery in saving a woman and her 17-month-old child on the New Jersey Turnpike.