U.S. marshals and federal agents located and arrested a bank robbery suspect Friday, two days after she fled a halfway house where she had been placed while awaiting trial.

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Evie Ponder, also known as Ava Anderson, was found in a vehicle parked at the Zippy’s restaurant on Vineyard Boulevard around 4:30 p.m. Ponder allegedly locked herself inside the vehicle and refused to surrender as authorities approached. The marshals service said a man who claimed to own the vehicle refused to unlock the doors for agents.

After identifying Ponder as a fugitive and repeatedly asking the vehicle owner to unlock the doors, agents reportedly broke a window and took Ponder into custody. The marshals service said agents had spotted a knife inside the car, raising fears that Ponder might hurt herself and her unborn child after Ponder had previously indicated suicidal thoughts.

Ponder had been previously arrested Feb. 26 on suspicion of second-degree robbery after she allegedly robbed a Bank of Hawaii location on South King Street. She was released to the halfway house Wednesday pending trial but fled two hours later.

Ponder was taken to The Queen’s Medical Center as a medical precaution, then transported to the Federal Detention Center.

Man charged with discharging firearm

Hawaii island police arrested and charged an Ocean View man Thursday for discharging a firearm in a residential area.

At about 3 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a complaint from residents that Frederico Tacderan was shooting a firearm on the 92-9100 block of Tree Fern Lane in Ocean View. Tacderan has been previously convicted of crimes that prohibited him from owning a gun or ammunition.