Another Biden-released illegal immigrant hiding in Fairfax County, Virginia, allegedly exposed himself to one woman on a walking trail and then tried to drag another woman into the woods at a Virginia park.
Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, 35, from Nicaragua, now faces charges of abduction of person with intent to defile and indecent exposure. He was arrested on June 23, two days after the reported incidents at Wakefield Park in Annandale, Virginia.
In another example of reckless sanctuary policies, Rico Rosales was arrested in 2024 on drug trafficking charges. Fairfax County authorities refused to honor an immigration detainer and released him, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
The Soros-backed Commonwealth’s District Attorney Steve Descano later dropped the drug charges, as well as a robbery charge in 2025, allowing him to roam free once again.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodge another detainer after his most recent arrest, calling on authorities to keep in jail or turn him over to federal authorities.
Rico Rosales illegally entered the country in Arizona in 2022 and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol, DHS said. The Biden administration released him into the country.
“DHS is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal and instead turn him over to ICE custody,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said. “Open border and sanctuary policies have real consequences, and they are the creation of more innocent victims.”
According to a Fairfax County Police Department news bulletin, on June 21, officers in Annandale responded to a call that a man had exposed his genitals to a woman while she was walking on a trail in a park.
Shortly after that, police received another call from the same park alleging that a man attempted to abduct a woman. The suspect reportedly stepped in front of her bicycle, causing her to swerve around him and get off her bike.
Police said the man tried to pull her into the woods, but the victim pushed him and fled. The assailant continued to chase the victim before leaving the scene.
Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the man, later identified as Rico Rosales. Fairfax County Police Department released a sketch of him on June 22.
The next day, on June 23, Fairfax County police shared on X that the suspect was in custody without naming him, sending people to their blog for details. FCPD did not mention his previous criminal history or immigration status.
🚨Suspect in Custody🚨
Detectives have arrested the predator involved in this attempted abduction. There is no threat to the community.
Follow our blog for additional updates➡️ https://t.co/3jipDQoGdu https://t.co/bH1RnX1B6R
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) June 23, 2026
“Through swift and comprehensive investigative efforts, detectives canvassed the area, reviewed surveillance footage, and identified that Moises Rico Rosales, 35, of Annandale, was the man who exposed himself and attempted to abduct a woman in Wakefield Park,” the news release states.
He was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and remains in custody, according to VINE records.
Virginians for Safe Communities made sure to share his name and mugshot, posting on X: “CAPTURED but… Fairfax Sex Predator is Illegal Alien, Armed Robber, Drug Dealer freed by Fairfax Soros DA Steve Descano Moises Domingo Rico Rosales July 4, 2025 – Armed Robbery -> Deferred Disposition (dropped) July 9, 2024 – dealing hard drugs – dropped.”
🚨 CAPTURED but…
Fairfax Sex Predator is Illegal Alien, Armed Robber, Drug Dealer freed by Fairfax Soros DA Steve DescanoMoises Domingo Rico Rosales
July 4, 2025 – Armed Robbery -> Deferred Disposition (dropped)
July 9, 2024 – dealing hard drugs – dropped pic.twitter.com/9usCtzlDhY— Virginians for Safe Communities (VSC) (@VA4SafeComm) June 24, 2026
WJLA 7News reported that Rico Rosales was previously charged with two counts of distributing and selling Schedule I and II drugs on July 9, 2024, which carries a 5-to-40-year prison sentence and fines up to $500,000.
Virginia law requires people who are convicted of this charge to serve no less than 5 years in prison. Descano’s office dropped both charges, leading to Rico Rosales’ release.
A year later, on July 4, 2025, Rico Rosales was also charged with robbery: using force, according to court records. The robbery, a felony, was amended to misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Both charges were dismissed by Descano’s office.
WJLA reported Rico Rosales was found guilty of driving without a license on November 10, 2024. He also received a citation for reckless driving-improper brakes charge.
In Falls Church, Rico Rosales had another conviction for being drunk in public and driving without a license in January 2026. He was ordered to pay fines and was released.
Regarding his 2024 arrest, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital that he was booked into the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. ICE filed an “informal request,” but “failed to act upon” it after a court ordered Rico Rosales released.
As with most sanctuary jurisdictions, Fairfax officials will not cooperate with ICE or hold inmates on ICE detainers alone without a judicial warrant. Instead, if they meet bond conditions or charges are dropped, they are released.
An ICE detainer is a request to local jails to notify federal immigration authorities before an inmate’s release, or hold the person up to 48 hours so ICE can assume custody.
When questioned by WJLA 7News, local officials tried to put it back on ICE, saying “we do not obstruct or prevent ICE from acting on their civil detainers.”
A DHS spokesperson explained that “If they don’t call ICE and participate in a controlled transfer, they are NOT honoring the detainer and are choosing to RELEASE a criminal illegal alien from jail back into our communities.”
DHS has highlighted more than a dozen heinous crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Virgina since February. They include murder, machete attacks and child sex crimes.
“Governor Spanberger’s reckless sanctuary policies have made Virginia a hot bed for illegal alien criminals,” the DHS official said. “The stories of the victims and facts speak for themselves. So far in 2026, illegal aliens have allegedly committed the majority of all murders in Fairfax County.”
The House Judiciary subcommittee recently held a hearing on Fairfax County’s sanctuary policies, where Descano and Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid faced questions from congressional Republicans over their handling of criminal illegal immigrants and ICE detainers.
