U.S. Marshals Collar Suspect in Abduction, Sexual Assault

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Images: Jorge Alberto Corea-Berrios (Prince William County Police Department)

A man who allegedly abducted a Manassas woman from her bedroom at knifepoint earlier this month, and then fled to New York state, is behind bars.

U.S. marshals located and arrested Jorge Alberto Corea-Berrios, 34, on Thursday in Hempstead, N.Y., the Prince William County police announced. He’s been charged with strangulation, abduction, rape and burglary with intent to commit a felony, the police said.

Corea-Berrios is being held in New York, where he is awaiting extradition to Virginia. The charges against him stem from the April 11 abduction and sexual assault reported in the 8100 block of Portwood Turn in Manassas, according to a police report.

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At around midnight, Corea-Berrios allegedly assaulted an occupant of an apartment at that location before grabbing a kitchen knife and forcing his way into the bedroom of Yezmin Elizabeth Ruiz-Monchez, 25, police said. He reportedly took her from the apartment and cut the other occupant before fleeing.

Ruiz-Monchez was eventually able to get away from the suspect and contact police. Detectives further learned that during the abduction, she was sexually assaulted by the suspect, police said.

Ruiz-Monchez also told police that she and the suspect were involved in a violent domestic argument on April 9 in which Corea-Berrios tried to strangle her.