BOSTON -- A 20-year veteran of the Boston Police Department was held on $50,000 cash bail following a bedside arraignment at Faulkner Hospital on charges that he robbed a gas station in Roslindale at gunpoint Friday night.

Michael Jones, 44, of Dorchester, faces one count each of armed robbery, assault with intent to rob, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery in connection with a 4 p.m. robbery of Best of Boston Gas Station.

In addition to the high bail, West Roxbury District Court Judge Kathleen Coffey ordered that Jones surrender his department-issued firearm, any personal firearms, all ammunition and his license to carry a firearm. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

On Jan. 11, Boston Police officers received a call from the victim of an armed robbery at a gas station located at the corner of Albano and Washington streets. After talking to witnesses, responding officers learned that the suspect -- later identified as Jones -- allegedly entered the gas station, went behind the counter, showed the cashier a handgun and ordered that the cashier open the register.

After grabbing the cash in the register and leaving, Jones allegedly approached a second victim, pressed a firearm into his abdomen and demanded money. Upon discovering that the second victim did not have any money, Jones allegedly pushed him out of the way and got into his car, which was believed to be parked on Albano Street.

Witnesses told police officers that they observed the suspect fleeing in a gray Nissan Maxima sedan and were able to provide a license plate number to authorities.

Police officers tracked the vehicle’s registration to a Dorchester residence. A short time after the robbery, police officers pulled over a vehicle on the corner of Gleason and Bradshaw streets that matched the description of the vehicle used in the robbery. Jones was sitting in the driver's side seat.

Jones began working for the Boston Police Department in 1988. He was recently assigned to District E-18 as a patrol officer in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Boston.

He is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 6.