Police warned prosecutors 3 times about violent illegal immigrant before he allegedly killed Virginia mother

Newly uncovered emails amusement the Fairfax County Police Department warned the county's commonwealth lawyer astir a transgression amerciable migrant with much than 30 erstwhile arrests astatine slightest 3 times earlier helium allegedly stabbed a parent to decease successful the Washington, D.C. area.

Abdul Jalloh, 32, is charged with execution aft allegedly stabbing 41-year-old Stephanie Minter to decease astatine a autobus halt successful Fairfax County, Virginia, successful precocious February. 

Jalloh, an amerciable migrant from Sierra Leone successful West Africa who lived successful Virginia since the property of 9, was arrested astatine a liquor store 1 time aft the stabbing erstwhile an worker called 911 to study Jalloh was shoplifting.

Abdul Jalloh, 32, is accused of sidesplitting Stephanie Minter, 41, astatine a Virginia autobus stop.  (Fairfax County Police Department; provided)

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Jalloh entered the state successful 2012 and has much than a twelve arrests successful bluish Virginia. 

His transgression past includes much than 30 arrests for charges of rape, malicious wounding, assault, cause possession, individuality theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and pick-pocketing, yet his charges were dropped by section prosecutors connected astir each occasion, according to DHS.

Emails obtained by WJLA showed the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) warned Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s bureau astir Jalloh connected astatine slightest 3 occasions, but nary enactment was taken to region him from the country.

In an email to Fairfax County Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Jenna Sands, a Fairfax County constabulary large said helium wanted to bring Jalloh's merchandise to her attraction due to the fact that helium "is 1 of the repetition (and violent) offenders" they had antecedently discussed.

Abdul Jalloh seen connected a autobus successful Virginia.  (Fairfax County Police Department)

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"I wanted to get your inheritance connected wherefore helium is retired truthful soon and inquire if his anterior suspended condemnation (of I judge 5 years) was pursued by your office? Unfortunately, based connected MTV Station’s galore dealings with him, it is not a question of if, but alternatively erstwhile helium volition maliciously coiled (or worse) again. My relation of keeping the nationalist safe, prompts maine to travel up connected his status," the large wrote.

In different email discussing a enslaved alert from August 2025, a FCPD worker told Assistant Police Chief Brooke Wright that Jalloh had much than 100 involvements with FCPD, resulting successful aggregate charges spanning from theft to convulsive crimes, according to the outlet.

"JALLOH’s offenses began with home unit incidents and escalated to assaulting different victims and threats with weapons (knives)," the worker wrote successful the email. "He has been progressive successful aggregate stabbing incidents with victims identifying him arsenic the offender successful these cases. This twelvemonth JALLOH has been the offender successful a malicious wounding wherever helium stabbed a antheral successful May 2025, successful which helium received a enslaved connected July 31, 2025 — 3 weeks later, this incidental occurred wherever helium assaulted an older antheral and stomped his caput into the ground."

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The worker added a database of Jalloh’s transgression past to the email, which included:

2014: Assault connected household subordinate (nolle prossed)

2015: Assault connected household subordinate (nolle prossed)

2017: ID theft to debar apprehension (guilty)

2017: Assault (guilty)

2018: Possession of marijuana (guilty)

2018: Destruction of spot (guilty) — Original charge: malicious shoot/throw occupied building

2018: Contributing to the delinquency of a insignificant (nolle prossed)

2018: Rape (nolle prossed)

2018: Grand larceny (nolle prossed)

2022: Trespassing (nolle prossed)

2023: Trespassing (guilty)

2023: Disorderly behaviour (guilty)

2023: Possession of a docket 3 substance (guilty) — Original charge: possession of a docket 1 oregon 2 substance

2023: Malicious wounding (nolle prossed)

2023: Malicious wounding (guilty) — Sentenced to 7 years, with 5 years suspended to probation

2023: Stealing spot from a idiosyncratic (nolle prossed)

2024: Petit larceny (nolle prossed)

2024: Trespassing (nolle prossed)

2024: Petit larceny (nolle prossed)

2024: Disorderly behaviour (nolle prossed)

2024: Malicious wounding (nolle prossed)

2024: Failure to look successful tribunal (dismissed)

2025: Malicious wounding

*Nolle pressed refers to a prosecutor's ceremonial determination to driblet transgression charges.

In effect to the email, Wright said Sands "had a circumstantial speech regarding them prosecuting without a unfortunate successful tribunal for the stabbing fixed the circumstances and she was connected committee with a victimless prosecution."

In a May 2025 email obtained by WJLA, constabulary emailed Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s bureau — including Sands and different prosecutors — informing that Jalloh "has a past of stabbing assemblage members and was connected probation during the astir caller assault."

"For those reasons and the reasons outlined successful the document, we inquire that you reason helium continues to beryllium held astatine the ADC," an serviceman wrote.

The email besides explained a May 4, 2025 incidental wherever Jalloh allegedly stabbed a antheral successful the limb portion helium was sleeping with his girlfriend.

"Without hesitation, the Victim stated that Jallow was the idiosyncratic who stabbed him. Jalloh has been charged with galore Malicious woundings and been convicted of 1 successful 2023 and [is] presently retired connected probation for the aforementioned transgression and surviving successful an OAR provided motel room," the serviceman wrote.

OAR is simply a nonprofit successful Fairfax County that provides "alternatives to incarceration" for criminals.

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Similar to the different email, the serviceman included a database of anterior constabulary involvement, including an incidental connected April 14, 2024, wherever Jalloh allegedly stabbed a stateless antheral successful the caput and precocious assemblage portion helium was sleeping astatine a autobus stop, telling him, "get up, you can’t slumber here."

Later that aforesaid day, Jalloh allegedly stabbed a pistillate successful the caput aft attacking her and stealing her money, according to the email.

Other incidents included Jalloh allegedly choking a woman, stomping connected her, burning her thorax and raping her successful October 2018, stabbing a idiosyncratic wrong a McDonald's successful January 2023, and stabbing an aged antheral successful February 2023.

The email besides said constabulary had a grounds of 178 involvements, citing Jalloh arsenic a known shoplifter and noting helium "is often intoxicated/high and located w/narcotics connected his person."

(Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)

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"DANGER This idiosyncratic has a agelong past of stabbing assemblage members and is presently connected probation for doing that precise thing," the serviceman wrote. "He has shown a blatant disregard for quality beingness and is simply a information to the community."

Despite Jalloh's transgression past and the caller sidesplitting of Minter, Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she would not grant a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer, which is simply a written petition for instrumentality enforcement to support custody of a idiosyncratic for up to 48 hours aft their scheduled merchandise to let for transportation to ICE custody.

A governor's spokesperson told WJLA that DHS would request to supply a signed judicial warrant from a section justice to guarantee that Jalloh is deported.

"Sanctuary [Gov. Abigail Spanberger] is warring to support a MURDERER implicit American citizens," DHS wrote successful an X post. "This monster is liable for fatally stabbing Stephanie Minter. ICE does NOT request judicial warrants to marque arrests. The heroes of ICE volition proceed to apprehension and region transgression amerciable aliens crossed the Commonwealth portion Governor Spanberger RELEASES them from jails into Virginia communities to perpetrate much crimes and make much victims."

In aboriginal February, Spanberger ended practice with authorities agencies and national migration authorities done an enforcement directive, claiming she had "serious concerns that chaotic national instrumentality enforcement actions crossed the state are eroding years of trust," adding migration enforcement "contributes to a civilization of fearfulness and distrust."

A Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney's Office spokesperson told Fox News Digital their bureau "was alert of Jalloh’s transgression past and shared constabulary concerns astir imaginable aboriginal dangerousness – that is wherefore our Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney personally handled these cases."

The spokesperson said prosecutors "will often research galore antithetic pathways to palmy prosecution, but astatine the extremity of the time our decisions are constrained by what grounds is disposable and what is legally permissible and practicable successful Fairfax courts."

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The Fairfax County Police Department and Spanberger's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Fox News Digital's Preston Mizell contributed to this report.

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