Police Begged Progressive Prosecutor To Put Criminal Illegal Behind Bars — Then He Killed Someone

Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano was aware of an illegal immigrant’s violent past and still elected to set him free, new Freedom of Information Act filings show.

Abdul Jalloh, who has been arrested more than 30 times, allegedly murdered 41-year-old mother Stephanie Minter on Feb. 23. Minter’s body was found at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Va. with “multiple stab wounds to the upper body” according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Jalloh entered the country illegally in 2012 and, according to records, is a violent repeat offender.

Fairfax County Police Major Jeff Mauro emailed Jenna Sands, the Fairfax County Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney and Descano’s second-in-command, to protest Jalloh’s release from police custody. Mauro cited Jalloh’s “extensive criminal history,” including stabbing several people and sexually assaulting a woman.

“Mr. Jalloh is one of the repeat (and violent) felony offenders I expressed concern about when we met,” Mauro wrote in the email. “He has an extensive criminal history—he has stabbed multiple people, sexually assaulted at least one woman, and committed numerous other criminal offenses. Furthermore, his behavior appears to be escalating and becoming more violent and explosive.”

Mauro explained that he was “concerned that it is not a question of if, but rather when he will maliciously wound (or worse) again.”

According to records posted on X, Fairfax County police encountered the man 178 times. Jalloh attacked an elderly person, stabbed an individual in the head and raped a woman after choking her.

Despite Jalloh’s violent criminal history,