ALEXANDRIA, VA – A fugitive wanted for an assault since late December has been detained by U.S. Marshals agents in Houston Texas.
The Alexandria Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call at a home on Mandeville Lane at approximately 6:18 p.m. on December 27, 2021, for a report of an armed individual involved in a domestic dispute. APD officers were able to locate the suspect, Nnanyereugo Onuoha, in the 200 block of Swamp Fox Road.
“As Onuoha fled the scene, he struck one officer with his vehicle, and another officer was injured while trying to avoid being hit by the suspect. Both officers were transported to Fairfax Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and have since been treated and released,” the Alexandria Police Department said in a police report at the time.
This week, members of the Alexandria Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit (S.I.U.) located Mr. Chukwunyere Onuoha in Texas and worked with members of the Houston Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force to coordinate his arrest. As a result of these efforts, Mr. Onuoha was apprehended without incident in Houston.
“In addition to the warrants in Alexandria, Mr. Onuoha has multiple warrants from other jurisdictions throughout the country for other serious offenses,” the agency said. Mr. Onuoha is currently being held in Houston and is awaiting extradition to Alexandria, Virginia to face charges for assault and battery on law enforcement, hit and run, and other offenses.”