Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. has had a bench warrant issued against him by San Diego County Superior Court after failing to show last month for an arraignment pertaining to three felony counts and one misdemeanor related to domestic violence arrests late last year. Arroyo’s bail had been set at $50,000, but was increased to $100,000, according to court documents. In addition, Arroyo last December was served with a protective order requiring him to have no contact with a woman and a child whose names appear in the counts against him. The order says Arroyo can have no contact with those persons except through an attorney of record, and “must not come within 100 yards of the protected persons” named. :: To stay up to date, follow us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter According to a Superior Court records employee, Arroyo was arrested by the San Diego County Sheriffs Department. According to documents in the case file, Arroyo was charged for incidents “on or about and between September 1, 2019 and December 14, 2019,” the counts being “corporal injury to spouse and/or roommate,” “false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud, deceit,” “attempting to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime” – all felonies – and “cruelty to a child by inflicting injury,” which is listed as a misdemeanor because it was “other than those likely to produce great bodily harm and death,” but did inflict “unjustifiable physical pain and mental suffering and injure, cause, and permit said child to suffer.” The three felony counts have sentencing ranges from two years to 16 years, and the misdemeanor has a sentencing range of up to six months in jail, plus a fine, according to court documents. Arroyo has four children. This past weekend, stewards at Los Alamitos suspended Arroyo indefinitely for failure to appear for a hearing into alleged violations of California Horse Racing Board rules regarding obedience to security officers and disorderly conduct. The ruling says Arroyo “is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.” Arroyo has not ridden since Oct. 24, when he finished fourth in a $40,000 claiming race at Santa Anita in his only mount since Sept. 29. He suffered foot and shoulder injuries in early October in an accident at San Luis Rey Downs, a training facility in San Diego County. His last winner was earlier on Sept. 29, when he won a maiden race on Mo Forza, who subsequently has won multiple graded stakes, including the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby. Arroyo, 44, is a native of Puerto Rico who has won 1,354 races during his career, with his mounts earning just shy of $50 million. He finished second to Tyler Baze in Eclipse Award voting for champion apprentice rider in 2000. His biggest win this past year came with Nucky in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 2. He was the leading rider at Del Mar in the fall meeting in 2016. He missed all of 2018 owing to a broken ankle that required three surgeries to repair. He also was the leading rider at Turfway Park in 2012. Arroyo has had numerous incidents with the law. Arroyo was jailed in 2003 in New York for six weeks after being convicted of second-degree assault following a fight in a pool hall in June 2002. In 2001, Arroyo, his brother Erick, and father – a former sparring partner with boxing champion Roberto Duran – were arrested and charged with the assault of a Bronx livery cab driver In 2010, he was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for cocaine possession after a traffic stop during the 2009 Saratoga meeting. He served 14 months. Similar to his current situation, Arroyo in 2010 did not show up for his initial court appearance for that charge and was charged with jumping bail, according to an article published at the time in the Blood-Horse, which reported that Arroyo also was arrested in 2009 in Florida for domestic battery, a charge that was dropped. He has been riding in Southern California since 2016. As a condition of being licensed in California, Arroyo had to consent to being tested for drugs at any time. In the summer of 2016, he was placed on probation for the balance of his license after his blood-alcohol level tested at 0.02 percent before the races one day, in violation of the zero-tolerance policy. This past July at Del Mar, during one of several hearings he had with stewards for riding infractions that resulted in 21 days of suspensions, Arroyo arrived clad only in a towel and was told to return more appropriately dressed. –additional reporting by Steve Andersen