Wednesday, September 06, 2000
Crying infant stopped burglary, possible arson
By Tom O'Neill
The Cincinnati Enquirer
OHIO TOWNSHIP — A crying infant in the middle of the night possibly saved lives by thwarting what police are calling an aggravated burglary that might have turned to arson.
“It could have been extremely tragic, but for a stroke of luck,” Clermont County Sheriff A.J. “Tim” Rodenberg said Tuesday.
The sheriff's department issued an arrest warrant for Jeremy Martin, 26, accusing him of breaking into his estranged wife's home at 3:15 a.m. Saturday in the Hilltop Estates mobile home park on Ohio 132.
Jeremy Martin
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Police say Mr. Martin slashed the tires on his wife's car, stole her purse, and poured combustible oil on furniture and the bed on which she was sleeping.
But her 11-month-old baby woke up crying, awaking the estranged wife, Jucinda Martin, 26, the sheriff said.
“He may have fled before he could ignite it,” Sheriff Rodenberg said.
Mr. Martin is charged with aggravated burglary and violating a temporary restraining order issued in Clermont County Municipal Court.
Police think he might have fled to Brown County, and is believed to be driving a red 1997 Toyota Tacoma with the Ohio license plate BGG-7577.
Mr. Martin is free on bond from a domestic-related conviction, and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 12 in Clermont County in that case. He also is scheduled to appear Oct. 5 in court on another protective-order violation, all of which involve his estranged wife.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Clermont County sheriff's investigators at 732-7545.
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