Police: Arrest in W&OD Trail Assaults

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In the past month, Herndon police said they had received several reports about a young man on a bicycle who was touching women inappropriately as he rode past them on the W&OD Trail.

All of the incidents occurred in the early evening along the popular biking and hiking trail, which runs through the heart of town. The suspect was described by police as a Hispanic male, in his late teens to early 20s, who would touch a female on the buttocks as he rode by.

On Wednesday, April 29, one of the victims spotted the suspect riding a bicycle on the trail and contacted town police. Soon afterward, officers on patrol in the area arrested a 20-year-old Herndon man who matched the suspect’s description near the intersection of Ferndale Avenue and Barton Oaks Place, just off the W&OD Trail.

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Maycol Rodriguez Rodriguez was charged with two counts of simple assault, according to a Herndon police report. He was released from the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on a $2,000 unsecured bond.

The police did not release the date of his next appearance in court.