An illegal immigrant with an extensive criminal background was arrested for attempting to kidnap and rape a stranger he captured on a popular Virginia trail days after being released from jail, according to police. 

During a press conference Monday evening, the Herndon Police Department announced that Denis Humberto Naverrette Romero, 31, was charged with abduction with intent to defile and rape a stranger he grabbed off a trail.

“Let me start by saying that I am incredibly saddened and outraged that a crime like this could happen here in the town of Herndon,” said Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard.

“This is the only stranger rape that we have had in the town in my more than 12 years as chief of police,” DeBoard continued.

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Romero, a Honduran national, has a documented history of sexual assaults and indecent exposures in the region dating back to 2022, according to DeBoard. 

A source close to the matter told Fox News Digital that Romero is homeless and has been in and out of jail, but never served any significant time. He has also had multiple charges dropped to lower offenses by prosecutors, the source explained. 

Romero’s crimes have escalated from weapons and auto theft, to indecent exposure and sexual assault, to now abduction and rape.

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An alleged rapist is behind bars after officials say he attacked a woman walking on a popular trail in Virginia last week.  (Herndon Police Department)

“This kind of case not only impacts the victim directly, but impacts our entire community, especially when it occurs in a very public area that we consider safe and that is used by all of our residents and our visitors by our community on a daily basis.”

Just before 9 pm on Monday, DeBoard said officers responded to the W on D trail for a call about a woman who approached a passerby and asked for help, claiming that she had been raped.

The victim told police that Romero brazenly grabbed her and forced her to the ground where he proceeded to rape her. 

Thankfully, the victim was able to fight off Romero and run away to get help. Police were able to locate Romero shortly after the attack. 

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A composite image of illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes within the U.S. (Fox News/law enforcement handouts or mugshots)

Upon further investigation, officers uncovered his criminal history and believe there may be more victims and additional witnesses to his Monday night offense. 

“What is disturbing is the number of times this individual has been arrested and released. He has continued to re-offend and his behavior has escalated to a rape in a very public area in our town last night,” DeBoard said. 

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also shared a statement about the incident and was outraged that local officials allowed Romero to be back on the streets.

“I am heartsick for this victim and outraged that local Fairfax County officials recklessly release violent illegal immigrants who should have been prosecuted and deported. This is a dereliction of their most basic duty to keep people safe,” Youngkin said in a post on X.

“Prioritizing violent illegal immigrants over the safety of Fairfax residents is unacceptable. Virginia is not a sanctuary state. When President Trump takes office, the political posturing will end, and localities will cooperate with ICE to protect Virginians.”

Romero is currently at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, where he’s being held without bond.

Anyone with information about Monday’s incident or anyone who believes they may be a victim is urged to reach out to the Herndon Police Department at (703) 435-6846. 

“I want our community to know that you should feel safe here in town knowing that this individual has been removed from our streets in a rapid manner and remains in custody. And we will do everything in our power to ensure that he does remain in custody,” DeBoard vowed. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) but did not immediately receive a response. 

A Florida mom appeared to smirk as deputies escorted her during a perp walk Wednesday night after her 14-year-old daughter was found dead inside their home, authorities said.

Kelsie Glover, 33, was arrested earlier that day under suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery after responding deputies found her chasing witnesses with a hammer inside her home in Poinciana, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said.

Witnesses told deputies they saw Glover hold her 14-year-old daughter’s head underwater in a bathtub until she became unresponsive. They said Glover started to chase and attack them with a hammer when they tried to stop her from harming her daughter.

Deputies at the home tried to save the unresponsive teen, later identified as Giselle Glover, but she was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Lopez said that additional charges against Glover are pending a medical examiner’s determination of the teen’s cause of death.

“It’s a dark day when things like this happen,” Lopez told reporters during a news conference. “What happened to her was unimaginable, and we are determined to get justice for Giselle.”

Kelsie Glover was initially arrested under suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery, though additional charges are pending, the sheriff said. (FOX35 Orlando WOFL)

Lopez said there were four people inside the home at the time of the incident: Glover, her daughter, another child and a roommate.

Giselle Glover’s father was not in the home at the time, Lopez said, adding that the father has since been told about his daughter’s death.

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The circumstances leading to the teen’s death remain under investigation. Lopez said Glover has been “a little uncooperative.” 

Deputies arrived at the home to find Kelsie Glover armed with a hammer and chasing witnesses who accused her of drowning her daughter, the sheriff said. (FOX35 Orlando WOFL)

The sheriff said that while there was no previous domestic violence history or calls involving the girl and her mother, there was a previous incident where Glover was accused of battering her husband, who is the teen’s father. 

Lopez added that Glover had no history of mental illness that authorities were aware of.

A state senator is demanding that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty against Laken Riley’s killer, but Carr’s office maintains that he does not have the legal authority to do so.

District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, for the Western Judicial District encompassing Athens, previously wrote in court documents that she would not pursue the death penalty, citing “collateral consequences to undocumented defendants.” 

Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant who received taxpayer-funded flights, was found guilty Wednesday of stalking, raping and murdering Riley in February. The nursing student, out for an early morning run on the University of Georgia campus, fought her attacker for approximately 18 minutes but died from blunt force trauma. Ibarra bashed her skull with a rock after dragging her off a wooded trail, prosecutors said. 

“I am officially calling on Attorney General Chris Carr to file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty for the murderer of Laken Riley,” state Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican, wrote on X. “District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez let her radical political agenda stand in the way of justice. By refusing to seek the death penalty, she denied Laken’s family, friends, and community the full measure of justice they deserve.”

“I’m very concerned, you know, about any student going to the University of Georgia when this area is a sanctuary city now. And, you know, these killers, these guys can come in here, and they don’t have to worry about capital punishment,” Moore told Fox News Digital. “Probably $2 million is what we’re going to have to pay as taxpayers to give him three meals and a cot for the rest of his life. You know, three hots and a cot.” 

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A spokesperson for Carr’s office stated that the state attorney general does not have jurisdiction and, therefore, cannot intervene, but Moore argued otherwise. 

“I can send you a copy of the Constitution of Georgia, section 3, paragraph 4. It clearly states that the attorney general has jurisdiction in any felony case,” Moore told Fox News Digital. “And the state, I mean the attorney general’s office, has intervened in cases before. You know, he is the chief law enforcement officer of our state. He should have known that the district attorney is one of the most liberal district attorneys in the country, that she wasn’t going to pursue the death penalty. Why even have capital punishment in our state?” 

“I mean clear evidence, it’s not like we’re killing an innocent person here,” Moore said. “I mean, his DNA was underneath Laken Riley’s fingernails. It was very clear he’s the perpetrator. He’s the guilty one. And we have capital punishment in our state for a reason. And I can’t imagine another crime that would suit capital punishment like his crime. He’s the chief law enforcement officer, it’s clearly stated in the constitution that he has jurisdiction.” 

Regarding the part of Georgia’s Constitution that Moore cited, Carr’s office said it does not say that the Attorney General has jurisdiction in any felony case, just to represent the state before the Supreme Court in death penalty cases.

District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez (Joshua L. Jones/USA TODAY NETWORK/File)

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In a separate statement reacting to the verdict, Carr said Riley’s death “should have never occurred” and “it is absolutely gut-wrenching to hear the evidence that Laken Riley fought for her life and fought for her dignity, and the statements made by her family and friends in court break my heart.” 

“We’re grateful to Sheila Ross with the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council for ensuring that a conviction was obtained, and we will continue to pray for all who knew and loved Laken,” Carr said. 

Gonzalez lost her re-election bid this month. She handed the prosecution of Ibarra over to Sheila Ross in February.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

In response to an inquiry from Fox News Digital regarding Gonzalez’s reasoning for not seeking the death penalty, the DA’s office told Fox News Digital that the reference in court documents to collateral consequences for undocumented defendants is “DA Gonzalez’s stance on sentencing in general.”

“Life without parole is an appropriately serious sentence and is a decision supported by the family, as heard in the impact statements delivered by Laken Riley’s family and friends during yesterday’s sentencing,” a spokesperson for Gonzalez added.