Irving 4-month-old reunited with mother, father arrested

4-month-old Gianina Martinez has been reunited with her mother and her father has been placed under arrest after an AMBER Alert was requested earlier in the day.

Gianna Martinez (Source: Irving Police)

Irving police say the child was taken by her father 29-year-old Germey Martinez after putting a knife to the child's mothers throat and threatened to kill her just after 10 a.m. on Monday.

Germey Martinez (Source: Irving Police)

Martinez left the apartment at 6300 block of N. MacArthur Blvd. with the child.

He was found at a hotel nearby and taken into custody without incident.

Police say they do not believe the child was harmed.

Martinez is expected to be charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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