By Brian New, KTVT
Texas (KTVT) — Earlier than allegedly beheading a Dallas motel supervisor final week, Yordanis Cobos-Martinez had already constructed a prison arrest document throughout Florida, California and Texas, in response to courtroom and regulation enforcement information.
Cobos-Martinez, 37, is charged with capital homicide within the demise of Chandra Nagamallaiah, who police say was attacked with a machete in entrance of his spouse and little one at a Dallas motel on September 10. Cobos-Martinez is at the moment being held on the Dallas County Jail.
Cobos-Martinez was arrested in Florida in 2017
In 2017, he was arrested in Florida by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace for felony grand theft auto after allegedly stealing a Mercedes-Benz. The cost was later dropped.
That very same 12 months, Cobos-Martinez was arrested in California
Later that 12 months, Cobos-Martinez was arrested in South Lake Tahoe for tried carjacking. In response to the police report, he tried to pull a girl from her automobile, climbed in together with her, and assaulted her. He was launched on bail after which fled the state.
Arrested in Harris County in 2018
In 2018, he was arrested in Harris County, Texas, for indecency with a baby. That cost was dismissed as a result of inadequate proof. Whereas in jail awaiting trial, Cobos-Martinez allegedly punched a jailer within the jaw, in response to his court-appointed legal professional. He pleaded responsible to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail. However since he had already served greater than 4 years awaiting trial, he was launched.
Cobos-Martinez extradited to California
Shortly after, officers extradited him again to California to face costs from the 2017 carjacking case. A jury acquitted him of carjacking however convicted him of false imprisonment. He was positioned on probation in August 2023, however El Dorado County prosecutors advised the I-Group he fled once more.
Held in ICE detention in Texas
Cobos-Martinez was finally arrested by police in Texas on a fugitive cost and brought into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was held on the Bluebonnet Detention Middle in Anson, Texas, about 150 miles west of Fort Value.
In response to Homeland Safety officers, Cobos-Martinez had a closing order of removing to Cuba. Nonetheless, on Jan. 13, 2025, he was launched below supervision as a result of Cuban authorities refused to simply accept him as a result of his prison historical past.
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