Boston officer arraigned on armed robbery charges

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By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff

A 44-year-old Boston police veteran pleaded not guilty today at his arraignment on robbery and assault charges.

Michael T. Jones allegedly used his service weapon to rob a Roslindale gas station on Friday and attempted to rob another man after leaving the store.

He faces charges of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Jones was arraigned today in his hospital room at Faulkner Hospital by West Roxbury District Judge Kathleen Coffey, who ordered him held on $50,000 cash bail. Jones was being treated for heart palpitations, his attorney, Ken Anderson, said.

Anderson said that "diminished capacity" might have been a factor in the case. He said his client may have been intoxicated and may have stopped taking his medication.

He also noted that his client had recently moved into his parents’ house in Dorchester to take care of his father, who has leukemia.

Jones's family said this weekend they were surprised and saddened by news of his arrest.

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