Alleged Virginia sex predator is deported illegal immigrant, wanted in NY jogger attack

The accused bare sexual predator arrested for allegedly terrorizing ladies and ladies alongside a preferred Virginia strolling path for months is an unlawful immigrant who was additionally needed in New York for attacking a jogger who's the spouse of a member of legislation enforcement.  

Juan Rodriguez Alfaro, now suspected in a string of a minimum of 21 separate assault and sexual battery-related incidents victimizing ladies and ladies alongside the Washington and Previous Dominion (W&OD) Path since July, is an unlawful immigrant from Honduras who has been beforehand deported 3 times, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson informed FOX 5 DC. 

Fairfax County police mentioned that Rodriguez Alfaro had additionally been going through out-of-state warrants for tried rape and sexual assault in Suffolk County, New York, since practically a 12 months in the past.  

Suffolk County Police Det. Tom Corso, assigned to the US Marshals activity drive, informed FOX 5 that Rodriguez Alfaro was sporting only a tank high when he allegedly attacked a jogger in October 2021. The New York girl, the spouse of a member of legislation enforcement, managed to battle him off, Corso mentioned. 

Juan Rodriguez Alfaro is suspected in a string of 21 assaults and sexual battery-related incidents.

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Alfaro was caught on digicam sporting a tank high when he allegedly attacked a jogger in 2021.

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Authorities shared this sketch of the suspect to assist seize him.

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Corso mentioned investigators imagine Rodriguez Alfaro was residing in Suffolk County on the time however later fled. Fairfax County police mentioned Rodriguez Alfaro is believed to have been residing with an affiliate in Herndon, Virginia, since January of this 12 months earlier than being tied to the assaults that began in July. 

In some Virginia incidents, the suspect was described as pants-less, bare from the waist down. Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard mentioned in a single Aug. 26 assault on a jogger, Rodriguez Alfaro “uncovered himself and was partaking in obscene sexual behaviors and grabbed the sufferer’s genitals” earlier than fleeing. 

The 42-year-old is being held in Fairfax County with out bond. ICE filed a detainer with Fairfax County to be alerted within the occasion that Rodriguez Alfaro could be launched from their custody.