Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano charged after Iwo Jima statue at Quantico Marine base vandalized with sledgehammer

Authorities alleged that the 27-year-old Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano beheaded one of the six Marines depicted in the World War II memorial. (Prince William County Police Department)

Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano has been charged after authorities alleged he used a sledgehammer to behead one of the Marines depicted in a replica of the iconic Iwo Jima memorial at the US Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. The damage caused by the vandalism is estimated to be of hundreds of thousands of dollars. … Read more