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The suspect in a reported assault at the Parish House of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Granville has been arrested

Police say a secretary was approached by 48-year-old Jurodt Taylor who asked the secretary for gas money to get back to Florida.

When told the church had no money, Taylor is suspected of assaulting the secretary and threatening her with a concealed gun.

Taylor fled when the victim screamed. The secretary was not seriously hurt.

Taylor was arrested in Newark when he attempted to get in his car at Church and 4th street and is held at the Licking County jail.

Police say Taylor has several aliases and a long history of violent crime.