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Terrence Jones, former Jefferson High and University of Kentucky star, waits for his hearing at the Justice Center in downtown Portland.

(Bruce Ely/The Oregonian)

Portland police early Wednesday arrested NBA Houston basketball player

on an allegation of harassment.

Jones, a Portland native and former Jefferson High School star, is accused of stomping on the leg of a sleeping homeless man along Northwest Third Avenue about 2 a.m. Wednesday, Portland police said.

A sergeant on patrol saw Jones yell "Wake up!" to two homeless men who were sleeping in the doorway of 114 N.W. Third Ave., police said. Jones then "raised his leg and stomped down on one of the men's legs,'' according to a news release.

Terrence A. Jones, 21

Police stopped Jones, 21, about a half block away and took him into custody.

The victim, 46-year-old Daniel John Kellerher, suffered a minor injury and did not require immediate medical attention, police said.

After the arrest, police said they learned that Jones played for the Houston Rockets.

The sergeant was in the area, monitoring the closing of bars in Old Town. About the same time, an officer had used a loudspeaker to direct a large group of people exiting the Tube nightclub, at 18 N.W. Third Ave., to get out of the street and back onto the sidewalk. The sergeant pulled around the block to assist and that's when he spotted Jones, police said.

It was Sgt. Anthony Passadore who made the arrest and took Jones to the Multnomah County Detention Center at 3:20 a.m., according to jail records.

Jones, who led Jefferson to three consecutive Class 5A championships from 2008-10, was released from jail on his own recognizance at 6:02 a.m., to appear in court at a future date.

The McDonald's All-American spent two seasons at Kentucky, advancing to the Final Four in 2011 and winning a national title as a sophomore, before the

with the No. 18 pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

The 6-foot-9, 252-pound Jones averaged 5.5 points and 3.4 rebounds in 19 regular-season games with the Rockets, spending much of his rookie season in the NBA Development League with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In 24 games with the Vipers, he averaged 19 points and 9 rebounds.

-- Maxine Bernstein