HUNTINGTON, Emery County — A Huntington man was arrested and jailed Tuesday after Emery County sheriff's deputies say he trespassed at a power plant, pulled a loaded gun and began making demands "to make the power plant better."

A contractor at the Huntington Power Plant called security early Tuesday to report a suspicious vehicle parked by the contractor's trailers just outside the plant's inner perimeter fence, according to Emery County sheriff's spokeswoman Janalee Luke.

Security responded to the contractor's report by calling for deputies. Before deputies could arrive, Luke said a plant worker approached the vehicle.

"When the plant worker asked (the man) what company he was with, (the man) claimed that he was a federal marshal," she said.

Witnesses told deputies the man pulled out a gun, began waving it around and started "making demands on what he wanted done to make the power plant better," Luke said. Plant workers continued to talk to the man in an effort to keep him calm until deputies could arrive.

Deputies disarmed and arrested Thomas Max Fish without incident. The .22-caliber revolver was loaded and Fish was also carrying a knife, according to Luke.

Fish, 49, has prior convictions for drug distribution, drug possession and assault by a prisoner, according to state court records. He was charged Tuesday afternoon in 7th District Court with making a threat of terrorism, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, making a threat with a dangerous weapon and criminal trespass.

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