Fairfax City Homicide Suspect Already Faced 2 Assault Charges: Court
FAIRFAX CITY, VA — The man City of Fairfax Police charged with murder in the blunt force trauma homicide of city resident Luis Barahona Reyes, 50, was already facing charges of assaulting two police officers.
On Dec. 29, 2022, Fairfax County Police arrested Aaron James Anthony Robertson, 30, of no fixed address in connection with a disorderly conduct incident at Fair Oaks Mall, according to court documents.
Police charged Robertson with one count each of disorderly conduct and obstructing justice and two counts of felony assault against a law-enforcement officer.
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After several continuances, Robertson’s hearings on the four charges were finalized on April 26 and sent to the grand jury for final case disposition. Robertson has an Aug. 14 hearing in Fairfax Circuit Court to determine the outcome of the charges stemming from the incident at Fair Oaks Mall, according to court documents.
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On Friday morning, Robertson was arraigned on the second-degree murder charge in Reyes’ death in Fairfax County General District Court and given a Sept. 8 trial date. He remains in police custody.
Authorities have not said what murder weapon was used in Reyes’ death, if the two men knew each other, and what a motive might have been in the attack.
Fairfax City Police responded around 9:21 a.m., on June 10, for the report of a dead body in a strip mall at 9715 Fairfax Blvd. The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office and later identified as Reyes, who had suffered severe blunt trauma to his upper torso.
Police were called to the address by an employee of one of the tenants of the building. The body was found inside a dumpster that serves the multi-tenant shopping center, according to a building tenant.
City detectives identified Robertson as a suspect in Reyes’ death. After obtaining an arrest warrant for second-degree murder, Robertson was arrested Thursday with FCPD’s help.
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In the four arrest warrants associated with the charges from December, Robertson gave the address of a Leesburg homeless shelter as his residence.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that Robertson’s residence was “of no fixed address” but did not confirm whether he was primarily staying in Fairfax City at the time of his arrest.
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