Judge grants bond to man accused of damaging Iwo Jima monument

A circuit court judge granted bond on Monday to a 27-year-old man accused of destroying an Iwo Jima statue in Quantico, Virginia. According to the Washington Examiner, Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was arrested on Wednesday, October 21. Officers from the Prince William Police Department caught him using a sledgehammer to smash the monument. [1]

The Washington Examiner reported that one soldier on the monument was decapitated, with its head left lying on the grass. NBC4 Washington reported that police said the accused man might have mental health issues. WKEF also reported that bond was set for the suspect following the attack on the memorial. [1][2][3]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, the attack on the World War II memorial near Marine Corps Base Quantico caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. An official previously identified Maldonado Soriano as a Mexican national who entered the United States in 1999. [8]