Westchester County Police on Tuesday night arrested a Greenburgh man on a felony charge after he was accused of violating a court Order of Protection by confronting his estranged wife earlier in the day outside the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains.
Gerald Martin, 46, of Greenburgh was charged with Criminal Contempt 1st Degree at 8:30 p.m. following his arrest by members of the county police Patrol Task Force.
He was located by officers in the parking lot of an apartment building on Central Avenue in Greenburgh.
Sgt. Brian Hess and Police Officer Christopher Perricone went to the building after developing information that Martin had an acquaintance that lived there. When officers arrived, they observed Martin speaking with the acquaintance in a back parking lot and took him into custody.
Martin was booked at county police headquarters in Hawthorne and was held overnight. He will be arraigned today in White Plains City Court.
Martin was charged on two previous occasions in recent weeks by New York State Police with violating a court-issued Order of Protection that bars him from contacting his estranged wife. He was sought again on Tuesday after his estranged wife reported that Martin had left a letter at her home in Cortlandt and then was waiting outside the courthouse for her.
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