Man arrested as accessory to March murder in which a man was brought to Chalmette and killed; Second suspect already booked with murder; probe ongoing

“Fatt’’ Madison, 31,indicted for first-degree murder in Jones’ death

Murder victim Herman “Peanut” Jones, 33

Joseph Guillory, 34, booked with accessory to murder in Chalmette

A New Orleans man has been arrested as an accessory to murder in the March 16 shooting death of a man brought to Chalmette and killed, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

A second suspect was booked with the murder in April and is being held under $1 million bond in St. Bernard Parish Prison.

Joseph Guillory, 34, who moved to the New Orleans area several years ago but has no permanent address, the sheriff said, is being held as an accessory to the killing of Herman “Peanut’’ Jones Jr., 33, of the New Orleans area.

Guillory is jailed in Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $250,000. A U.S. Marshal’s Service task force found Guillory in the French Quarter on July 10 and he was arrested on a warrant signed by a St. Bernard judge after a Sheriff’s Office investigation, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

James “Fatt’’ Madison, 31, of New Orleans, was arrested for second-degree murder in the killing of Jones in mid-April after an investigation by sheriff’s detectives which eventually led to him in Memphis, Tenn.

A St. Bernard Parish grand jury recently indicted Madison on a first-degree murder charge, a higher charge than he was initially booked with.

Guillory, a known associate of Madison, the sheriff said, was a passenger in the vehicle which was driven to Chalmette the night of March 16 in which Jones was taken out and shot by Madison, Sheriff Pohlmann said. Jones’ body was found the next morning on a street in an industrial area north of Paris Road, near the east New Orleans parish line, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Jones was shot several times at the scene.

Information developed by sheriff’s detectives led to Madison and now Guillorty. the sheriff said.

“We have identified a motive for the killing of Mr. Jones but aren’t going to reveal it at this time,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said. The investigation is ongoing, he said.

“We devoted a tremendous amount of manpower to solving this murder,’’ the sheriff said. “The victim wasn’t from St. Bernard but that made no difference to us. We went as far as we had to go to solve a murder.’’

He said that when Madison was interviewed by sheriff’s detectives in Memphis before his arrest for murder, Madison acknowledged knowing the victim and being with him in New Orleans the night of March 16, less than an hour before Jones was murdered.

“We conducted an investigation that took us to New Orleans, Jefferson Parish and eventually to Memphis and we were aided by New Orleans Police, Kenner Police, Louisiana State Police, the Shelby County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office, Memphis Police and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.’’

“We obtained video footage from the area of the murder scene,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said, “and was able to identify a vehicle used to bring Mr. Jones to the spot where he was killed.” That vehicle was recovered in Kenner in late March, brought to St. Bernard and has been processed for forensic evidence that was given to the State Police crime lab, the sheriff said.

The sheriff also said detectives acquired video surveillance from French Quarter businesses from the night of the killing which has assisted in the investigation.