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A male suspect has been arrested after he reportedly knocked the head off of the historic Iwo Jima Statue with a sledgehammer in Quantico, Virginia🚨27 year-old Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was arrested by Prince William County Police at around 10:15pm last night after police found the suspect actively destroying the historic statue with a sledgehammer.Maldonado Soriano had knocked the head off a soldier depicted in the statue and did other damage estimated to be worth several hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is now charged with felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument.The nine-foot Iwo Jima statue standing near one entrance to Marine Base Quantico was carved out of limestone by Felix de Weldon in 1945.Prince William County Police continue to investigate the incident, while the Marine Corps Base Quantico says they are working closely with law enforcement.This is a copy of the original bronze.