Police: Suspect Arrested in Attempted Abduction of Young Girl

Photo, courtesy of Herndon Police

Herndon Police arrested a man on September 29th in connection to attempting to abduct a juvenile female waiting at a school bus stop.

Jose Guadalupe Santamaria, 40, also of Herndon, has been charged with Abduction with the Intent to Defile and Attempting to Entice a Subject into a Dwelling, according to Herndon Police.

On, July 13, 2015 at approximately 7:00 a.m., a juvenile girl told police that while waiting for her school bus, a man approached her and offered her money to come to his house. When she refused, he tried to force her but she was able to break away and run home.

Santamaria was captured two and a half months after the incident by the U.S. Marshals Service, Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, near a residence in Loudoun County. He is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center without bond.