PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - May 18, 2009 Portland Police Capt. Vern Malloch said Monday a
police officer assigned to Portland High School "probably avoided
a tragedy" by making the arrest after spotting the armed man in an
alley alongside the high school and First Parish Church.
Malloch says 46-year-old Herbert Jones made references to
pedophiles being in the church. An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was
under way at the time.
Jones faces charges including terrorizing and possession of a
firearm by a felon, as well as stalking a woman at the AA meeting.
Malloch says a passenger in Jones' BMW convertible was charged, as
well. Jail records list no attorney for the men.
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