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Herndon police search for sexual assault suspect
Herndon police are searching for a Honduran man accused of sexually assaulting a Herndon woman after being released from jail, where he had been held since April on charges of assaulting the same woman.
On July 11, police say Wilmer Lopez-Mejia, 29, snuck up behind a Herndon woman believed to be a girlfriend, in front of her home in the 400 block of Virginia Ave.
According to police, Lopez-Mejia forced the woman into her home and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint overnight. "She was cut a few times with a knife," said Lt. Jeffery Coulter of the HPD.
Lopez-Mejia fled the residence the following morning.
He was reported to be in the 1200 block of Elden Street on Saturday night, where police executed a search by canine and helicopter, but to no avail.
The victim's injuries are not considered life-threatening, according to police. Lopez-Mejia was originally arrested on April 17 for "running a car into the front of the victim's house and trying to abduct her," Coulter said.
Police are continuing to search for Lopez-Mejia, who is on the loose and described as 5-ft. 7-inches tall, and weighing 150 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the HPD at (703) 435-6837.
Why is the legal status of this man not included in the article? We are told the Fairfax County Jail checks all who are arrested against the National Database and therefore relevant to the article.
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