Herndon police search for sexual assault suspect
By Gregg MacDonald
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.