Frank Melton, the flamboyant, gun-toting mayor of Jackson, Miss., was indicted along with two police bodyguards yesterday on numerous felony charges stemming from his controversial crime-fighting tactics.

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Most of the charges arose from an Aug. 26 incident in which Melton, two policemen and a group of young men hired by the mayor allegedly destroyed an inner-city duplex during a purported crime sweep, according to the indictment and a source close to the investigation. The source said some of the young men are suspected of using sledgehammers to destroy the property.