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Man who attacked Iwo Jima statue at Quantico was migrant ‘Dreamer,’ says DHS
- On Wednesday, authorities arrested Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford after police found him actively damaging the Iwo Jima statue at Marine Corps Base Quantico with a sledgehammer.
- The vandalized monument is a nine-foot limestone replica of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, created by Felix Weihs de Weldon to represent "a battle raged in the Pacific Theater of World War II."
- Damage to the structure, which included the removal of one soldier's head, is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, with officials noting additional gouge marks and a broken bayonet on other figures.
- Soriano was charged with felony destruction of property, trespassing with intent to damage property, and felony injury to a monument; he remains held without bond at the PWC-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center.
- Authorities have not disclosed a potential motive for the vandalism, and the Prince William County Police Department continues its investigation while restoration plans for the monument remain unclear.
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Attack Damages Quantico Statue
A mission to repair a Marine Corps monument has been launched after police said they spotted a man touching the Iwo Jima statue on Marine Corps Base Quantico with a sledgehammer. The Nine-foot limestone sculpture, created over nine years by artist Felix de Weldon and long used as a ceremonial...
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