POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A troubled 34-year-old fugitive accused of crimes by both state and local law enforcement was back behind bars on Sunday at the North Broward Bureau in Pompano Beach, records show.
Broward County court and inmate records show Arys Martinez was facing 12 charges, and five were for escaping. The rest are for a pending capital life case and a pending felony case.
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Court records show before the cases she wed Jacob Howard on Valentine’s Day 2022. The two have a domestic violence record and lost their parental rights to their baby girl Amelia in Broward court.
Police officers accused Martinez of kidnapping the baby on Feb. 20 after a grandmother dropped her off and Howard picked her up from the Little Hands in Learning, a daycare center in Davie.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an Amber Alert on Feb. 21 identifying Martinez as a kidnapper. Police officers reported rescuing the baby shortly after at Martinez’s house in Pembroke Pines.
Police officers arrested Martinez, and Howard on Feb. 21, for the kidnapping in Davie, and the two were in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 22 at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale.
Prosecutors filed five felony charges in the capital life case on Feb. 22 for kidnapping, interference with custody, child neglect without bodily harm, possession of fentanyl, and possession of cocaine.
Martinez posted a $75,000 bond on March 22. After she vanished, a judge issued an arrest warrant for her arrest on April 3, and she was accused of tampering with a GPS ankle monitor.
Broward inmate records show deputies booked Martinez on Saturday on five counts of violation of a probation warrant. The charges were related to the pre-trial release in the capital life case.
Martinez’s other two charges are part of a new third-degree felony case that prosecutors filed on Sunday for possession of Xanax and possession of drugs with intent to sell.
Broward County Circuit Judge Peter Holden is presiding over the cases.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.