Bond Set for Illegal Immigrant Accused of Beheading Iwo Jima Memorial in Quantico
The judge set $2,500 bond and GPS monitoring as prosecutors cited online threats and a detective raised mental health concerns.
- Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was granted $2,500 bond Monday in Prince William County Circuit Court after allegedly using a sledgehammer to vandalize the Iwo Jima monument near Marine Corps Base Quantico last Wednesday.
- Police responded to the memorial near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road on Wednesday, discovering Maldonado Soriano actively damaging the limestone structure; the incident caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, including the decapitation of one depicted service member.
- Prince William County police detectives expressed mental health concerns after Maldonado Soriano claimed rapper DaBaby ordered the desecration. Keil Gentry, Director of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, described future repairs as "likely to be challenging."
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer for Maldonado Soriano, who lost his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status in August. Federal agents could potentially deport him before he posts the required bond.
- The limestone sculpture, carved by Felix Weihs de Weldon, commemorates the World War II flag-raising on Mount Suribachi. "There have been generations of promotions and commissionings and retirements and re-enlistments done in front of this iconic monument," Gentry said.
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Bond granted to man accused of smashing Iwo Jima statue
The 27-year-old man accused of destroying the Iwo Jima statue in Quantico, Virginia, with a sledgehammer was granted bond by a circuit court judge on Monday. Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 21, after the Prince William Police Department said officers caught him using a sledgehammer to smash the statue. One soldier on […]
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An illegal immigrant charged with defacing a World War II memorial is now out on bail.
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An illegal immigrant charged with defacing a World War II memorial is now out on bail. Miguel Alonso Maldanado Soriano, a man accused of decapitating the Quantico Iwo Jima memorial was granted a $2,500 bail on Monday by Prince William County Circuit Court Chief Judge Petula Metzler, according to CBS 6 News. Maldanado Soriano had an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer lodged against him. ICE and the Prince William County Circuit Co…
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