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>> per i'm veronica de la cruz. bob velner agreed to resign by claims of sex harassment. his last day will be august 30th. race was not a factor in the murder of christopher lane. one told police they killed lane because they were bored. a discrimination lawsuit against paula deen is over. they agreed to drop the case. back to lock up.
Arrested in the louisville courtroom just before he was to offer testimony in another high-profile case. authorities say mallory claimed to have bombshell evidence against one of louisville metro's better-known inmates, john "hot boy" jones, who is currently on trial for attempted murder. >> red! red, what's up, boy? >> mallory had been serving a nine-year prison sentence for armed robbery. a judge gave him probation after learning he had written a letter to prosecutors saying he had evidence against jones and was willing to testify. but now along with anthony hogan he has been charged with th...
You know, we innocent. john jones, mr. not guilty, y'all. >> jones earned that moniker over the previous seven years. though he's had numerous arrests and convictions on drugs and weapons charges, he's been acquitted in separate murder and attempted murder charges. an additional murder charge was dropped to reckless homicide after a witness failed to testify. jones took a plea deal and served a nine-month sentence. >> louisville's most wanted, man. and i ain't saying it just to be saying it. i'm louisville's most wanted. they want me off the street. >> 14 months earlier jones, who is regarded ...
And he wanted to retaliate. and his retaliation got me sitting here. and that ain't got nothing to do with me. i don't know if you from louisville, whatever, but the person he's testifying against is hot boy. they call him hot boy. that's not somebody you need to be testifying against. >> coming up -- >> look what we got here. >> james mallory, the star witness in the case against john "hot boy" jones, is arrested for the murder of gregory holt. inside the booking department at the louisville metro jail 19-year-old anthony
Going to kill the little boy, which they wasn't going to kill a little boy. they told me they was going to beat up his mother. but ended up killing her son. it hurts me. >> now just 16 hours after his own arrest the man hogan says committed the murder has also been arrested. it doesn't take long for word to hit the news. >> two down, one to go. the search continues for a third suspect wanted in connection with that murder, all while the family prepares to bury gregory holt today, and the big question is why did this happen in the first place? >> 29-year-old james mallory was arrested in the lo...