The Region : Official Charged With Lewd Conduct

Misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and lewd conduct were lodged against Edwin A. Jones, 54, chairman of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors and former Thousand Oaks mayor, who was subdued by tear gas and arrested last week in Studio City after allegedly exposing himself to a young woman. Police said Jones was at a motel on Ventura Boulevard with a 38-year-old Agoura woman when another motel guest, a 22-year-old mother of two, walked through the courtyard. She complained that Jones, who allegedly had been drinking, appeared nude in the doorway and made suggestive gestures. Los Angeles city attorney’s spokesman Ted Goldstein said Jones will be arraigned July 19. He remains free on his own recognizance.