Federal immigration officials have lodged a detainer against a Honduran national accused of attempting to disarm a police officer during an encounter in Northern Virginia.U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is asking Fairfax County officials not to release Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas after authorities said he ambushed a Fairfax County police officer Tuesday.According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), officers responded to a report of a man who left a home in Annandale following an argument while allegedly armed with two knives.SPANBERGER'S ICE ROLLBACK TO BLAME FOR TODDLER KILLING, VIRGINIA 'HOTBED' OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME: DHSA Fairfax County police officer's body camera captures the encounter with Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas, who is accused of attempting to disarm the officer in Annandale, Virginia.
(Fairfax County Police Department)Fairfax County police said the man also stabbed himself before leaving the residence and fleeing into a nearby wooded area.As officers searched a wooded area, Fuentes-Banegas allegedly emerged from the brush, grabbed an officer's firearm and attempted to disarm the officer, DHS said.Fairfax County police said one officer fired his service weapon while a second officer simultaneously deployed a department-issued Taser.The bullet grazed Fuentes-Banegas' shoulder, police said.Fuentes-Banegas was arrested and charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer.
ICE has lodged a detainer requesting that Fairfax County notify federal authorities before his release.ILLEGAL ALIEN ‘MONSTER’ CHARGED WITH RAPING DEAD GIRLFRIEND’S DAUGHTER, DHS BLAMES BIDEN-ERA POLICIESNehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas is accused of attempting to disarm a Fairfax County police officer during an encounter in Northern Virginia, according to authorities.Federal immigration officials have lodged a detainer seeking his transfer to ICE custody.
(Fairfax County Police Department)According to DHS, Fuentes-Banegas entered the United...