A New Jersey homicide suspect was arrested last month during a stop in Lehigh County, state police announced in a new release issued Friday.
Pennsylvania State Police in Fogelsville said the stop was made Sept. 30 in the 9700 block of Commerce Circle in Weisenberg Township. Investigators were called for a reported driver appearing to be “unresponsive.” A woman later identified as Stephanie Martinez, 39, of Jersey City, was found in the 2001 Toyota 4-Runner, police said.
Martinez was wanted in a Sept. 28 homicide of 34-year-old Raul Rios in a Newark, N.J., parking lot, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Martinez was captured on surveillance video as the suspect in the crime, authorities said.
Martinez allegedly gave several false identities during the stop.
Martinez is charged in the Sept. 30 incident with receiving stolen property, a felony, and providing false identification to a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor. She was arraigned before District Judge Michael Joseph Pochron, who set bail at $20,000. In lieu of bail, Martinez was taken to Lehigh County Jail.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is charging Martinez in New Jersey with murder, felony murder, robbery and theft in the Sept. 28 case. She is facing extradition back to New Jersey on those charges, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
The homicide remains under investigation. Those with information are asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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Pamela Sroka-Holzmann may be reached at pholzmann@lehighvalleylive.com.
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