A suspect is in custody for the “brutal and horrifying” rapes of two northern Virginia ladies, in response to the Fairfax County Police Division.
Police introduced on Monday that Kevin Lopez-Altan, 24, of Annandale, was arrested in connection to an abduction and sexual assault that happened in an Annandale business.
Lopez-Altan is accused of sexually assaulting a 59-year-old girl at her personal enterprise in Annandale and a 20-year-old girl on the campus of Northern Virginia Group School, in response to police.
On March 20, officers reported they responded to a enterprise in Annandale for an abduction and sexual assault. An worker, an grownup feminine, reported a Hispanic man in his 20 to 30s making an attempt to stroll into the enterprise round 11:00 a.m., however the suspect was denied entry at the moment.
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An Annandale man is in custody for the “brutal and horrifying” rapes of two northern Virginia ladies, the Fairfax County Police Division introduced on Monday. (Fairfax County Police Division)
The sufferer informed police the suspect tried to stroll into the enterprise once more roughly ten minutes later and was as soon as once more denied entry. On the suspect’s third try, police reported he compelled his manner into the enterprise the place he physically and sexually assaulted the victim. The sufferer was ultimately in a position to escape and name 911.
Detectives instantly launched an investigation into the assault and have been in a position to accumulate an “enormous” quantity of proof.
As they investigated, detectives learned that another sexual assault had been reported at Northern Virginia Group School on Thursday. The sufferer was attacked however was in a position to battle the person off and make a run for it.
Throughout a press convention, police stated that Lopez-Altan does have a legal historical past and is thought to police. The Northern Virginia Group School officer who was in a position to shortly establish the suspect had interactions with him beforehand whereas working as a sheriff’s deputy within the space.
Fairfax County Police stated Lopez-Altan is accused of sexually assaulting a 59-year-old girl at her personal enterprise in Annandale and a 20-year-old girl on the campus of Northern Virginia Group School. (Fairfax County Police Division)
“He was certainly known to law enforcement but not extensively,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis stated. “So, it can’t go unnoted that the Northern Virginia Community College police officer, based on his remembrance of this perpetrator when he was employed as a deputy sheriff, was absolutely instrumental in breaking this case wide open.”
Chief Davis stated the case is disturbing and the character of the crimes is “horrendous.”
“We believe he absolutely, positively would have struck again. We know that from the way he interacted with our detectives. We know that from his demeanor, his disposition. I would be shocked if there aren’t other victims that he’s left in his wake and that’s why we want to intentionally solicit any information about him from previous victims or people who know him in the community,” stated Davis. “These two acts were so brazen, so bold, so daring, that it would be hard for me to believe that he hasn’t struck before.”
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On Saturday, detectives charged Lopez-Altan with a complete of ten felony expenses, together with three counts of rape, three counts of forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, abduction with intent to defile, housebreaking, and strangulation.
“He is evil personified. He’s brutal in his attacks on women. He’s relentless in his attacks on women. And the fact that we were able to literally stop him from offending again and again and again is something that local law enforcement is tasked with, and we are proud that we were able to put him in handcuffs, but we can’t begin to explain criminal misconduct like his. Evil, criminal misconduct.” Davis stated. “What he did was unspeakable.”
Police stated Lopez-Altan is being held on no bond.
“We took a monstrous predator off the street. If you want to see pure evil, take a look at that picture of Kevin Lopez-Altan,” Davis stated.
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Police added that, to date, it seems Lopez-Altan selected his victims at random. They stated that whereas there isn’t a indication presently that he has extra victims, anybody with data ought to contact Fairfax County police at 703-691-2131.
