By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Content warning: This story contains graphic details of a sexual assault.
The homicide of Alexandria resident Karla Dominguez last summer sparked widespread uproar because her alleged murderer, Ibrahim Bouaichi, had been released on bond in April despite having been indicted for allegedly raping and assaulting Dominguez in October 2019.
Now, new information reveals that the bondsman who posted bail for Bouaichi knew him beforehand and that both the vehicle and weapon Bouaichi used to commit the murder belonged to the bondsman, Man Nguyen.
According to documents acquired by the Alexandria Times through a resident-submitted FOIA request, Nguyen, a surety bondsman with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, posted the $25,000 bail to release Bouaichi from the Alexandria Detention Center after Bouaichi’s sister reached out.
The terms of the bond, which were set by now retired Circuit Court Judge Nolan B. Dawkins, required Bouaichi to remain at his parents’ home in Greenbelt, Maryland. Prosecutors from the Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office did not ask that Bouaichi be given a GPS tracking ankle bracelet, and Dawkins did not order one.
Despite signing for Bouaichi’s bond, Nguyen later claimed at a DCJS hearing during which he was stripped of his bondsman’s license that he was not aware of the terms of Bouaichi’s release because he wrote between 16 and 20 bonds per week and he contended that it was “not his job...
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