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Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Child In Woodbridge: Police

A man wanted since May 2018 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at a Woodbridge home in 2013 was arrested: PWC Police.

A man wanted since May 2018 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at a Woodbridge home in 2013 was arrested.
A man wanted since May 2018 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at a Woodbridge home in 2013 was arrested. (Prince William County Police)

WOODBRIDGE, VA — A man wanted since May 2018 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at a Woodbridge home in 2013 was arrested Wednesday, July 17, in Bayonne, NJ, according to Prince William County Police. Luis Jesus Barajas, 72, of 85 West 14th Street in Bayonne, NJ, was charged with object sexual penetration and awaiting extradition back to Prince William County.

Police began investigating in September 2018 after the girl disclosed the incidents. They found that Barajas sexually assaulted the girl, who was 10 at the time, between June and August 2013. He was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force.

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