WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Mexican national residing in Stafford faces federal charges for his alleged attempt to destroy a World War II monument at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
As alleged in court documents, on Oct. 21, Prince William County Police arrived at the Iwo Jima Memorial to find Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, actively destroying the memorial with a sledgehammer. Officers arrested Maldonado Soriano and transported him to Garfield Police Station in Woodbridge. The damage to the memorial included the complete removal of one of the heads of the individual Marine statues, removal of multiple r...