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edecious@messengernews.net One Fort Dodge defendant charged in the June 16 double homicide in Pleasant Valley is entitled to $5,560 for being held as a material witness nearly five months, a judge ruled Tuesday. District Court Judge Angela Doyle ruled in favor of Darrell Jones, 23, after he filed a motion arguing for the payment. Jones is one of five defendants charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Jamael Cox, 25, and Tyrone Cunningham, 47. They were shot to death in the early morning hours of June 16, 2020. Marissa Andrews, of Fort Dodge, and Jayne Bartrom, of Wes...