Crime & Safety

Youth Gets Ambushed While Riding Bike Through Herndon: Police

A juvenile riding his bike through Herndon was assaulted by three or four other youths, police say.

A juvenile riding his bike through Herndon was assaulted by three or four other youths, police say.
A juvenile riding his bike through Herndon was assaulted by three or four other youths, police say. (Image via Herndon Police Department)

HERNDON, VA — Police are looking for a group of youths they say are behind an attack on a juvenile riding a bike in Herndon.

The juvenile victim was riding in the 1200 block of Herndon Parkway on Aug. 6 and was then surrounded by three to four juvenile suspects, according to a report from the Herndon Police Department.

"The suspects confronted the victim and an assault took place before one of the suspects took the bicycle and left the area," the report states.

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Police described the person who took the bike as a 13-year-old Hispanic boy wearing a black shirt.

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