Crime & Safety
Alleged Springfield Child Rapist Arrested at Airport
Augusto Montalvo is accused of aggravated sexual battery against a child
Police arrested a Springfield man at Dulles International Airport Saturday, on charges of sexually assaulting a child in Fairfax County.
Augusto G. Montalvo, a 54-year-old Springfield resident, was wanted in Fairfax County on charges of aggravated sexual battery and animate object sexual penetration, based on a report filed in January. His alleged victim was 12 at the time of the report.
Montvalvo was arrested as he got off a flight from Bolivia on April 2. After confirming Montalvo's identity, Customs and Border Protection officers handed him over to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police.
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“CBP officers take great pleasure in returning dangerous fugitives like this to justice,” Christopher Hess, CBP port director for the Port of Washington, said in a press release.
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