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Crew chief for NASCAR team running 'Back the Blue' car suspended by NASCAR after assault arrest

A crew chief for the NASCAR Xfinity Series team running cars supporting the “Back the Blue” movement has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR after his arrest.

NASCAR announced Friday that Mike Harmon Racing crew chief Theodore Brown had been suspended indefinitely for a violation of its behavioral rules. Per Motorsport.com, Brown was arrested for habitual misdemeanor assault — a felony — and assault on a female.

According to arrest records in the Statesville Record & Landmark, a Theodore Brown, of the same age and street location was arrested in November of 2018 on two counts of assault by strangulation inflicting serious injury.