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September 26, 2006
Something Is Going On Here and We Don’t Know What It Is, Do We, Mr. Jones?
Edward Antwan Jones finally got a day in court. And one of his alleged victims said what Jones has been saying for months: he didn’t do it.
Cory Harris, who has shot in the chest in a November 17 home invasion, testified Tuesday in Hamilton County Criminal Court that he was coerced and threatened by police into identifying Jones as his assailant. “I just went with it,” Harris said.
But that testimony wasn’t enough to get Jones out of jail. Judge Rebecca Stern refused to reduce Jones’ bond until after his trial for the first-degree murder of Don Maurice Airline – a trial that has once again been delayed, this time until October 31. That was all good news to Assistant District Attorney Leslie Longshore, who said Tuesday that shots had been fired at Harris’ house since he first testified against Jones, and that Jones had called Harris from inside county lockup. “There are all kinds of reasons why Mr. Harris would change his story that do not include him not telling the truth the first time,” she said.
Here’s one possible reason: in an interview with Pulse city editor Aaron Mesh last month, Jones confirmed that he had called Harris – and told him who really shot him. “I been in here on a bogus charge that I didn’t even do and that the victims and witnesses say that they know that I didn’t do, and they know who done it, and they try to come forward and say who done it, but them people try to charge them with perjury.”
Now they’ve come forward. Whether it will matter remains to be seen.
BlogBeats | By colrus | 09:52 AM
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