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UPDATED: Suspect in Hoadly Food Lion sex assault had charges dropped in similar case
UPDATED: Suspect in Hoadly Food Lion sex assault had charges dropped in similar case
INSIDENOVA STAFF 11 hrs ago
A Woodbridge man charged in an indecent exposure and sexual assault at the Hoadly Road Food Lion had been charged two years earlier in a similar crime, but the charges were dropped. ... A community tip led detectives to a suspect in the June 24 sexual assault of an employee at the supermarket in mid-Prince William County.
Police were called to the store at 6306 Hoadly Road at 9:45 a.m. after the employee, a 58-year-old woman, told police a stranger had followed her around the store that morning. ... The man had been known to visit the location and has had previous brief encounters with the employee in the past. This time, said Prince William County Police 1st Sgt. Jonathan Perok, the man approached her and had a brief interaction before walking away. But when she went back to work stocking aisles, he approached her from behind again and she felt “an unknown fluid on her pants,” Perok said in a news release.
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Two years ago, Alexander was arrested after a similar case at the Safeway in Merchant Plaza in Woodbridge. Police charged Alexander with indecent exposure, but the charge was later dropped. ... On April 28, 2020, police said Alexander, a former employee of the store, approached a woman working at the counter, exposing himself and making obscene gestures on the other side, police said. Alexander was arrested after a store manager identified him as the suspect.
The indecent exposure charge was later nolle prossed, meaning the case is dismissed but prosecutors can refile charges at a later time. ... Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth did not respond to an email earlier this week asking why the charge was dropped.
INSIDENOVA STAFF 11 hrs ago
A Woodbridge man charged in an indecent exposure and sexual assault at the Hoadly Road Food Lion had been charged two years earlier in a similar crime, but the charges were dropped. ... A community tip led detectives to a suspect in the June 24 sexual assault of an employee at the supermarket in mid-Prince William County.
Police were called to the store at 6306 Hoadly Road at 9:45 a.m. after the employee, a 58-year-old woman, told police a stranger had followed her around the store that morning. ... The man had been known to visit the location and has had previous brief encounters with the employee in the past. This time, said Prince William County Police 1st Sgt. Jonathan Perok, the man approached her and had a brief interaction before walking away. But when she went back to work stocking aisles, he approached her from behind again and she felt “an unknown fluid on her pants,” Perok said in a news release.
{snip}
Two years ago, Alexander was arrested after a similar case at the Safeway in Merchant Plaza in Woodbridge. Police charged Alexander with indecent exposure, but the charge was later dropped. ... On April 28, 2020, police said Alexander, a former employee of the store, approached a woman working at the counter, exposing himself and making obscene gestures on the other side, police said. Alexander was arrested after a store manager identified him as the suspect.
The indecent exposure charge was later nolle prossed, meaning the case is dismissed but prosecutors can refile charges at a later time. ... Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth did not respond to an email earlier this week asking why the charge was dropped.