Fairfax County police have identified the man they believe is responsible for a string of slashing cases at area retail stores, but are still trying to track him down.
An arrest warrant on a charge of malicious wounding has been issued for 40-year-old Johnny D. Guillen Pimentel, said Lucy Caldwell, a police spokeswoman.
Nine cutting incidents were reported at Fairfax County stores between February and July. Young women in their teens and early 20s reported that someone used a box cutter or razor to cut their buttocks.
Caldwell said Guillen Pimentel is charged in one of the slashings that occurred this summer, but would not specify the case.
Police linked Guillen Pimentel to the cuttings through a citizen’s tip.
“We blanketed the community with thousands of flyers,” Caldwell said. Someone saw a poster about the slashing suspect and called police, she said.
Authorities are still looking for Guillen Pimentel, and believe he might have left the area. The last reported slashing incident occurred July 25, and Caldwell said it’s possible Guillen Pimentel has been gone from the D.C. area for several weeks.
Caldwell wouldn’t say where Guillen Pimentel was from. Court records show he was living in Fairfax in 2008, when he was found guilty of violating a noise ordinance.
Police said he may be driving a blue 2003 Honda Civic with the Virginia tag KLX2689. Anyone with information can call police at 703-691-2131 or Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS (8477).
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