SUMMARY: 19-year-old Valencia Jones appeared in court in Jackson, accused of killing 40-year-old Lloyd Ashley in early April. The murder charge burden was ruled on by the court and her bond was set at $150,000. Jones' attorney claimed she shot Ashley in self-defense after he broke into her home and pointed a gun at her. The incident occurred on Cliffwood Drive. Valencia Jones' bond was set at $150,000.

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SUMMARY: A 15-year-old boy, Siyaski Crawford, had his murder charge downgraded to accessory after the fact to murder in connection to the killing of 14-year-old Cameron Horne-Crook in Jackson, Mississippi. Crawford's bond was set at $75,000, with a curfew of 6:00 p.m. and a requirement to attend school. Two other teenagers, Maxle Mooneyham, and John Foote, were charged with murder in the case, with Mooneyham's bond set at $1.5 million and Foote denied bond. Crawford admitted to detectives that he and Mooneyham removed Horne-Crook's body from a vehicle after he was shot multiple times.

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SUMMARY: Martine Dewayne Maberry, the suspect in a fatal shooting on O'Bannon Drive in Jackson, appeared in court and was denied bond after being deemed a danger to the community. Maberry was arrested by a Pearl police officer on March 14 for a traffic violation, where it was discovered he was wanted for murder. The shooting occurred on March 9, with the victim being shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene. Maberry has been charged with murder and is currently held in the Hinds County Detention Center pending further legal proceedings.

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