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Virginia man arrested for using a sledgehammer to behead an Iwo Jima statue

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October 22, 2026, 08:25 PM
Pipe Smoker
Virginia man arrested for using a sledgehammer to behead an Iwo Jima statue
There’s a photo of the miserable perp in the article.

“A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to behead an Iwo Jima statue at a US Marine Corps Base on Wednesday.

Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was found by Prince William County (PWC) police 'actively damaging' the Iwo Jima statue in Quantico, Virginia.

Officers responded to a report of property destruction near Richmond Highway in front of the US Marine Corps Base Quantico around 10pm.

PWC police officials said Soriano has been charged with felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument.

'Arriving officers located a man, later identified as the accused, actively damaging the statue with a sledgehammer. Officers quickly detained the accused without incident,' the PWC wrote in a statement to the Daily Mail.

Officials said one figure on the statue had its head completely removed, another figure had gouge marks on the helmet and face, and a third figure had its bayonet knocked off from the firearm slung over its back.

'Damage to the statue, which included the removal of one of the depicted soldier’s head in addition to other damage, is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars,' PWC police wrote in a statement. …”

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October 22, 2026, 09:14 PM
ArtieS
Let’s beat the fuck to death in public.

Or if that’s too much, let’s charge him with malicious destruction and send him to community service.

Ok. Death it is.



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October 22, 2026, 09:40 PM
Belwolf
Easily solved, hand him over to the Marines.



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October 22, 2026, 10:08 PM
Sailor1911
quote:
Originally posted by ArtieS:
Let’s beat the fuck to death in public.

Or if that’s too much, let’s charge him with malicious destruction and send him to community service.

Ok. Death it is.


Live by the sledgehammer, die by the sledgehammer. Works for me.




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October 22, 2026, 10:29 PM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by Belwolf:
Easily solved, hand him over to the Marines.


Drop all charges. Then drop him off at LeJeune. November 10 is a good day to do it. During the late evening hours…..

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October 22, 2026, 11:53 PM
charlie12
quote:
Originally posted by jljones:
quote:
Originally posted by Belwolf:
Easily solved, hand him over to the Marines.


Drop all charges. Then drop him off at LeJeune. November 10 is a good day to do it. During the late evening hours…..

Lance Corporals and liquor



I agree. Mad


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October 23, 2026, 12:18 AM
CPD SIG
Drive him to LeJeune?
Hell, he’s AT Quantico!
There’s more than enough Marines there that will take their time and do the job right.


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October 23, 2026, 12:25 AM
911Boss
quote:
Originally posted by jljones:
quote:
Originally posted by Belwolf:
Easily solved, hand him over to the Marines.


Drop all charges. Then drop him off at LeJeune. November 10 is a good day to do it. During the late evening hours…..

Lance Corporals and liquor


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October 23, 2026, 01:14 AM
Prefontaine
My grandfather served in Iwo Jima as a P51 mechanic. I saw the thread title and said what in the ever loving fuck! Got damn man. I’m so tired of this fucking toxic society. You got damn idiot! These brave men are why you have freedom in this country. Don’t like it then move to a 3rd world shithole controlled by a dictator. This shit never ends.



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October 23, 2026, 03:01 AM
Paten
quote:
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano


I'm gonna guess that ol' Miguel there is not really a Virginian. Just call it a feeling.
October 23, 2026, 04:56 AM
Captain Morgan
The scene from Misery comes to mind....



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October 23, 2026, 05:01 AM
vthoky
"Virginia man?" Perhaps not.

Illegal alien with former DACA status accused in Iwo Jima statue attack

quote:
The man arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to behead a Marine figure on an Iwo Jima monument near Quantico, Virginia, is a Mexican illegal alien and former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who lost his status this year, federal sources told Fox News.


quote:
According to federal sources, Maldonado Soriano illegally crossed into the U.S. in December 1999. He was granted DACA by the Obama administration in 2014. It was recently extended by the Biden administration in 2024. Maldonado Soriano then lost his DACA status in August 2026 because it was not renewed by the Trump administration.





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October 23, 2026, 05:05 AM
gearhounds
This is an attack on our culture- just like in Europe. A HUGE deal needs to be made of this piece of shit defacing a monument dedicated to our hero’s. Nonstop by every candidate.




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October 23, 2026, 05:35 AM
KMitch200
I thought all this would be fixed by changing the Land O’ Lakes butter logo, taking Aunt Jemima off of syrup bottles and removing Uncle Ben’s visage from the store shelves.
Apparently not.

I agree wholeheartedly with turning this dickhead over to the Marines themselves.
Should be over and done within minutes.
My Uncle was wounded in Iwo Jima. Fuck this twerp!!


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October 23, 2026, 06:36 AM
ruger357
Put him in prison hard labor since he likes swinging a sledgehammer and pay him a dollar a month until the damage is paid off.


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October 23, 2026, 08:40 AM
2BobTanner
He’s obviously still upset about the Marines storming Chapultepec Castle in 1847.




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October 23, 2026, 08:48 AM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Drive him to LeJeune?
Hell, he’s AT Quantico!
There’s more than enough Marines there that will take their time and do the job right.


FBI is there too. LeJeune is 100 percent home turf when shit gets a little weird. Think Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction weird.


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October 23, 2026, 09:27 AM
nhtagmember
I agree. Let the Marines work him over and then just toss the body into a pig pen.

What a miserable excuse for a human. He’s garbage so treat him like one.
October 23, 2026, 12:16 PM
nukeandpave
Public impalement.
October 23, 2026, 12:22 PM
Rightwire
It would be a shame if the jail he is held in suddenly had an infux of Marines arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct.




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