The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force tracked a man accused of a raping a 13-year-old family member in Manassas to Alabama, where he was taken into custody, Prince William County police said.
Police started an investigation into 32-year-old Arturo Lopez Velasquez on Wednesday after receiving a complaint that he had raped the 13-year-old girl within the last year, police said. Marshals tracked Velasquez down in Alabama on Thursday, and police say the accused rapist turned himself in to local authorities.
Velasquez has been charged with two counts of rape and is being held in Alabama awaiting extradition to Virginia, police said.
– Freeman Klopott
