FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — EXCLUSIVE: The man who Fairfax County police arrested on Tuesday for violently grabbing an officer’s firearm and attempting to disarm the officer is an illegal immigrant, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told 7News Reporter Nick Minock.
The suspect is Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas. DHS told 7News he’s from Honduras and that he entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2022. DHS says the Biden Administration released him into the country.
DHS says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking Fairfax County not to release him.
“This criminal illegal alien from Honduras attacked a law enforcement officer and attempted to take the officer’s gun,” said Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “He has now been charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer. ICE is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this dangerous criminal from jail. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary policies have made the commonwealth a magnet for illegal alien crime.”…