Police: Manassas Man Tried To Abduct 13-Year-Old Girl

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Image: Dennis Alexander Marroquin (PWCPD)

A Manassas man has been charged with attempting to abduct a 13-year-old girl last month in an alley off a local street.

No injuries were reported in the June 24 incident, the Prince William County police said.

On Tuesday, the police arrested Dennis Alexander Marroquin, 35, of 9907 Lomond Drive in Manassas, and charged him with malicious wounding and assault and battery, according to a police report. He’s being held without bond in the Prince William-Manassas regional jail, and his next date in court is pending.

On Sunday, police detectives began an investigation of the attempted abduction, reported to have occurred between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on June 24. The victim, a juvenile from Manassas, told police that on that date, she was followed to an alleyway on Community Drive by an unknown man. He then grabbed the victim’s wrist, the police said.

A witness saw the incident, and the suspect left the area without further contact, the police said. Detectives tracked down Marroquin and arrested him without incident.