The man arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to behead a Marine figure on an Iwo Jima monument near Quantico, Virginia, is a Mexican illegal alien and former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who lost his status this year, federal sources told Fox News. A man is accused of beheading one of the soldiers depicted at the Iwo Jima statue in Quantico, Virginia. The Prince William County Police Department said officers were called to the statue late Tuesday night.
Officers found 27-year-old Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano vandalizing the monument with a sledgehammer, according to police. Police said Soriano caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the statue and removed the head of one of the depicted soldiers. Officers found 27-year-old Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano vandalizing the monument with a sledgehammer, according to police.(Prince William County Police Department) Soriano was arrested and faces charges of felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument. He was held without bond pending a court appearance. There is no word on a motive.
Source: Police say damage to monument in Quantico totals hundreds of thousands of dollars
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
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