Officers capture Martin after escape
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Martin, who had his bond revoked by the court Tuesday, bolted from custody around 5 p.m. as he was being led from the courthouse by a correctional officer. Martin, who came to the courthouse a free man earlier in the day, was in street clothes, but handcuffed, when he made his dash as he exited the courthouse.
With the correctional officer radioing his escape as Martin dashed down the construction zone on Main Street, lawmen converged on downtown only to find the cuffed suspect had made a quick disappearance. However, the hunt was short-lived as officers soon received information Martin was hiding in or around an apartment near the intersection of Chancery and Morford. The teen was taken into custody without further incident.
Martin is being held on robbery charges for allegedly participating, along with two other men, in a home invasion robbery in Westwood last month where the resident was pistol whipped. Lawmen were taking escape warrants against Martin as he was being booked in at the jail at press time. The charge will likely be felony escape since he was being held on felony charges at the time of his downtown dash.
The escape comes just two days after Martin himself was a victim of crime when a mysterious gunman opened fire on the residence in which he was staying on Fair Street.