Herndon Abduction, Carjacking Suspect Taken Into Custody: Police

HERNDON, VA — A 25-year-old Herndon man accused of abducting a person, stealing a vehicle and leading police on a cross-state chase was taken into custody Tuesday morning, Fairfax County police said.

Cristian Vasquez Alvarenga was arrested in the area of Elden Street and Alabama Drive, according to an 8:10 a.m. Tuesday post on the Fairfax County Police Department’s X account.

“Thank you to multiple community members that called in after seeing him,” police said in the post. “No further updates at this time.”

Alvarenga had been wanted on Herndon police charges of two counts of robbery, carjacking, abduction, assault, two counts of preventing a call to 911, reckless driving and driving without an operator’s license, police said. Additional charges were pending, according to police.

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Police said officers responded around 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the 1000 block of Knight Lane for a domestic incident. After an altercation inside a home, Alvarenga abducted a person he knew, stole the person’s car and left the area with the victim, according to police.

Several agencies chased the vehicle through Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland before Alvarenga abandoned the victim and vehicle in Maryland, police said. The victim was safe, according to police.