A Virginia man accused of trying to abduct a 4-year-old girl was freed from jail Friday after almost two years.
The Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney dropped charges against Hyram Baquedano Rodriguez after a judge refused to sign off on a guilty plea with a two-year sentence. A family friend of the victim said the judge worried the sentence was too lenient.
Baquedano Rodriguez was arrested in June 2023 after breaking into an Annandale apartment and dragging the girl from her bed, police said. But her screams woke her mother, and the intruder fled…