Man Arrested After Beheading Iwo Jima Statue in Virginia with Sledgehammer
Police say the damage to the limestone monument is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the suspect faces felony charges.
- 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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