Suspected gang member arrested in Vienna
Around 8:53 p.m., PFC Dean Bailey of the Vienna Police Department stopped a 1997 Toyota Corolla in the 200 block of Maple Avenue SE for failing to use headlights.
According to the Vienna Police Department, PFC Bailey determined that the driver, Walter Martinez, was wanted in connection with his alleged involvement in a robbery and malicious wounding at the Cedar Lane Shopping Center in June. In the earlier incident, a security guard at the shopping center observed three men attempting to break into an automobile. One of them was armed with a knife, police said. When police responded, they located an injured robbery victim. A police statement about the June incident described Martinez as a known member of MS-13.
Additionally, Martinez had two warrants on file for failing to appear at court hearings in Fairfax County.
Bailey arrested Martinez and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center where he is currently being held without bond.
Jose Javier Ayala, also connected with the June incident at the Cedar Lane shopping center, remains at large.