Jan 11, 2008 9:29 pm US/Eastern
Boston Police Officer Accused Of Armed Robbery
Cop Accused Of Using Police-Issued Gun To Rob Gas Station
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
Boston police arrested a fellow officer Friday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery at a Roslindale gas station.
Boston Police Officer Michael T. Jones is accused of robbing the gas station on Albano and Washington streets using his police-issued firearm.
Witnesses gave police a detailed description of the suspect, including the car that the suspect drove off in.
Police then went to the Dorchester home where the vehicle was registered at and found Jones inside the car with a gun.
Police said they noticed there was clothing in the backseat of the car that matched witness descriptions.
Police said they took Jones into custody and he was then positively identified as the suspect involved in the armed robbery.
Jones, 44, was charged with armed robbery, armed assault with intent to rob and two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon.
Jones has been placed on administrative leave from the department pending his termination, police officials said.
Jones joined the Boston Police Department in 1988. He was last assigned in Hyde Park and is ranked as a patrol officer.
"The internal investigation on this case is well under way and the punishment will be aggressive and certain," said Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis. "It is reprehensible when an officer violates the law that he is entrusted to uphold and I will not stand for it."
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