Police: Sex offender from Springfield arrested in El Salvador after ten-year escape

The suspect in a 2013 sexual assault in Springfield, Virginia, was arrested in El Salvador after being on the run for more than a decade, Fairfax County police announced Friday.

According to a Fairfax County Police press release, David Ernesto Cuevas Maldonado was first arrested and charged in the sexual assault case in 2014 using a DNA profile created from evidence collected in 2014.

The charges stem from a report dated October 21, 2013. Officers were called to a residence at 7200 Commerce Street in Springfield, near where the PaperMoon Gentleman’s Club is currently located. Police said someone in the home was being sexually assaulted by an unknown man.

After his arrest more than a decade ago, Maldonado, then 27, was released on bail and fled to El Salvador, police said. Maldonado was recently arrested in El Salvador and extradited to Fairfax County, where he is being held without bail.

Police urged anyone with additional information about the case to call the department at 703-246-7800, option 3. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers at 866-411-8477 or online.

Below is a map of the location where police say the sexual assault occurred.

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