Former Officer Chancy Jones Arrested for Killing Mistress

The Memphis police officer accused of shooting and killing his mistress remained behind bars Thursday. After Chancy Jones first court appearance, his attorney said that he fears for his client's safety.

After appearing before a judge Thursday, Patrol Officer Chancy Jones spent the rest of the day sitting in jail without bond.

His attorney said Jones has a large target on his back because he's possibly with criminals he's arrested and he used to be a corrections officer inside the jail.

Jones walked into court wearing a green jail jumper. His sisters and daughter sat outside the courtroom waiting to be allowed in.

Jones' wife was not there.

After getting inside and seeing Jones, a few of them left the courtroom in tears and declined to speak on camera.

"I'm sure they're going through the same shock the family of the lady is," said Jones' attorney Ted Hansom. "It's a tragedy no matter how you look at it."

He said he hasn't had a chance to sit down and talk with his client, but he is aware Jones gave a written statement to police admitting to shooting and killing his mistress Phyllis Malone.

"I think it's easy to say he's upset," he said. "Other than that, I really couldn't comment."

Investigators said for the past few weeks, Jones was having an extramarital affair with Malone.

Early Tuesday morning, a delivery driver found a woman slumped over in a car outside a gas station on Whitten Road.

It was Malone. Authorities said she died from multiple gun shot wounds and police have confirmed that she was not pregnant.

Hansom said his client is being held in a secured location because of the publicity of the case and because his client is a Memphis police officer and a former Shelby County correctional officer.

"You have some people who are frequent fliers who come back here, that come back here when he was here," he said. "So yeah, security is a concern."

No one from Malone's family came to court.

Jones will have a bond hearing Monday. He's been charged with second degree murder. Police Director Larry Godwin said this was domestic violence taken to the extreme.

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I hope he get's his ass beat! He's no better than the people he put in jail.
He was nothing but a criminal with a badge.