Man charged after sledgehammer attack on Iwo Jima monument

A man has been arrested and charged after using a sledgehammer to attack an Iwo Jima monument near Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. According to reports from the Washington Times, WUSA9, and The Washington Post, authorities taken a suspect into custody after the statue was damaged. Fox News and the New York Post reported that the attack left one Marine figure on the World War II memorial decapitated. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

The incident caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, Fox News reported. Authorities stated that the suspect used a sledgehammer to sever the head of the statue on the base grounds, according to coverage by WUSA9 and Fox News. [1][3][5][7]

An official cited by the New York Post identified the suspect as Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano. The New York Post reported that Soriano is a migrant from Mexico who entered the United States illegally as a child in 1999. Fox News and the New York Post both reported that an official source described the suspect as an illegal alien who previously held Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status. [1][7]