Martha Jones Arrested for Nightclub Shooting Accessory

0:00It's April 3. Durham News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Corey with the story. A 52-year-old woman named Martha Renee Jones got arrested Thursday, April 2, 2026, on a felony accessory charge tied to. A deadly shooting at patio nightclub in Raleigh last month. Police say she helped the main suspect. Giovanni Hernandez-Germillo escaped after he opened fire on March 22, killing A. 33-year-old man named Jorge Dorantes Caranza and seriously wounding another person. Jones allegedly handed the suspect cash and a burner phone, which let him bolt out of state before cops could have him. Authorities had been hunting him since right after the early Sunday morning chaos at the club on New Bern Avenue, that shooting hit hard in the community already reeling, marking the second fatal one at patio nightclub in under a year. Back on August 9, a 24-year-old named Christian Mercado lost his life there too, with a 19-year-old

1:01charged in that case. She's locked up without bail at Wake County Courthouse now, with a court date set for Monday. Raleigh police stayed quiet on further details when reached out to. This saga at the club underscores the ongoing violence shaking up local spots, and we'll keep watching how it unfolds from here.