Police: Man Broke Into Home, Inappropriately Touched Child

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Image: Josue Felipe Velasco Santiago (FCPD)

Fairfax County police arrested a 19-year-old Centreville man on Wednesday for allegedly burglarizing a home and inappropriately touching a young child inside.

At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, several hours after the break-in, police detectives arrested Josue Felipe Velasco Santiago, 19, of 14487 Golden Oak Road in Centreville. He was tracked down after sex crime detectives from the department’s Major Crimes Bureau, and a police bloodhound, responded to the scene of the break-in.

Velasco Santiago was charged with burglary With the intent to defile and abduction with the intent to defile.

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The incident began at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, when a parent called police to the scene of the break-in, a home near Rustling Leaves Lane and Golden Oak Road in Centreville, for the report of a sexual assault.

Officers determined that three children, 14, 8 and 6 years old, were home alone sleeping when a man entered the residence through a window. The suspect reportedly touched the 6-year-old girl inappropriately before fleeing back out the window, police said.

The parent called police after she returned home and learned what happened. The victim was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital to be examined.