Posted on November 27, 2024

Illegal Migrant Accused of Raping Woman Along Hiking Trail in Sanctuary County Has History of Prior Arrests

Jason Hopkins, Daily Caller, November 26, 2024

An illegal migrant accused of raping a woman on a popular hiking path in a Washington, D.C.-area suburb previously had been arrested and released multiple times by local law enforcement.

A woman walking home on Nov. 18 along the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail in Herndon, Virginia was attacked behind nearby bushes and raped by a man, according to an announcement from the Herndon Police Department. Police have accused 31-year-old Denis Humberto Navarette Romero for the crime, charging him with abduction with intent to defile and rape.

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Police revealed at the time of the announcement that the Honduran national has a criminal history spanning several years, with Police Chief DeBoard saying it was “disturbing” how many times he had been arrested and released. An investigation by a local news outlet has since shed more light on the suspect’s criminal history.

Navarette Romero has been accused of sex crimes in Washington, D.C., resisting arrest in Virginia and in Washington,D.C., and he’s been charged with battery, assault, using a stolen vehicle, trespassing, drinking and smoking marijuana in public, weapon violations, loitering and indecent exposure, according to documents obtained by 7News. He is also allegedly tied to sexual batteries against several juveniles in 2017.

While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was not able to immediately provide comment to the Daily Caller News Foundation, a spokesperson for the Herndon Police Department confirmed to the DCNF that Navarette Romero is living in the U.S. unlawfully.

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