Kidnapping suspect chase crosses into Prince George's County, victim recovered

A kidnapping suspect led police on a miles-long chase from Fairfax County into Prince George’s County on Saturday night before abandoning a stolen vehicle and the abducted victim in Glassmanor, sending a helicopter over the area as officers searched for the driver. Authorities said the victim was recovered safely in Maryland, while the suspect remained at large.

Police later identified the suspect as Cristian Vasquez Alvarenga, 25, of Herndon. Herndon police said the case began shortly after 9:30 p.m. in the 1000-block of Knight Lane, where officers responded to what they described as a domestic situation inside a home. Investigators said an altercation broke out between Alvarenga and another man, and that Alvarenga then kidnapped a different man, both of whom police said were known to him.

According to officials, Alvarenga left the scene in the victim’s car and triggered a pursuit that moved through Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. The chase drew in several agencies, including the US Park Police, Fairfax County Police Department and Prince George’s County Police Department, as officers tracked the stolen vehicle across multiple jurisdictions. By the time the pursuit reached Prince George’s County, the search had become a broad regional operation with air support overhead.

Video and eyewitness reports placed the abandoned vehicle in the Glassmanor area of Prince George’s County, where a helicopter was seen circling as police worked to secure the scene. That stretch of southern Prince George’s, near the busy corridors leading in and out of Washington, often becomes a flash point when high-speed police chases spill over county lines and into neighborhoods where residents are forced to react to unfolding danger in real time.

The case underscored how quickly a violent domestic episode in Herndon turned into a multi-state public-safety emergency across the DMV. Officials said additional local and federal charges were pending, and the search for Alvarenga continued as agencies worked to piece together how the chase moved through Arlington, Washington and Prince George’s County before ending in Maryland.