Arrest report shows parents of Broward baby found safe after an Amber Alert had violent history

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – The parents of the 8-month-old woman in Davie who was once the topic of an Amber Alert Wednesday were at the radar of police for moderately a while.

Arys Maria Martinez and Jacob Alexander Howard, each 34 years outdated, met in January 2021 and had been married on Valentine’s Day in 2022, court docket data display.

In April 2022, police mentioned Howard was once arrested on a home battery fee after Martinez instructed deputies he choked her throughout an argument to the purpose she blacked out.

The subsequent day, Martinez sought an injunction for defense towards home violence towards Howard, pronouncing he kicked in a door to the room the place she sought shelter after confronting Martinez, an arrest report mentioned.

On July 18, 2023, deputies had been known as once more to their house and Martinez instructed them Howard “was overdosing in the bedroom,” in step with a 2nd arrest report.

Howard declined hospital therapy in that incident.

Martinez then instructed the deputy Howard had been bodily abusing her a number of occasions in fresh months and she or he was once afraid to report him.

She confirmed the deputy a video of Howard hanging her whilst she was once retaining their baby.

She additionally recounted an incident in May when she mentioned Howard grabbed her gun, pointed it towards her after which to his head and mentioned, the couple’s still-unborn “baby will be better off without the both of us,” the report mentioned.

Martinez described a number of incidents that ended in Howard being charged with false imprisonment, annoyed attack with a perilous weapon and 3 counts of home battery.

Last August, the state declined to prosecute Howard at the felony fees stemming from the 2023 arrest.

In Wednesday’s incident, Davie police showed that Amelia was once dropped off on the Little Hands in Learning daycare heart via her grandmother round 11 a.m.

She was once then picked up round 1:40 p.m. via her father, Jacob Howard, and was once handed off to an unknown individual, most likely her mom, Arys Martinez, government mentioned.

They mentioned each Arys Martinez and Howard had their parental rights terminated and Amelia is lately in ChildNet’s custody.

Investigators with the FDLE believed Amelia was once with Arys Martinez and mentioned they had been believed to be touring in a white Toyota Camry, heading to Orlando.

Police later showed that Amelia was once found safe inside of a house within the house of Northwest 215th Avenue and Eighth Court in Pembroke Pines.

The Pembroke Pines Police Department showed that its SWAT group assisted in retrieving Amelia from the house.

It’s unclear whether or not Howard or Arys Martinez will face fees.