BREAKING: Liberal media rages at arrest of 'family man' in DC—turns out he's an illegal immigrant wanted for child sex assault

A brief scene on the National Mall in the nation's capital on Wednesday drew attention after a local reporter captured the arrest of a man by federal agents. The Department of Homeland Security later confirmed the suspect was an illegal immigrant with a serious criminal record.

NBC Washington reporter Aimee Cho posted on X: “BREAKING: Just saw DC Police + federal agents detain a man on the National Mall. He appeared to try to escape, then was quickly tackled to the ground by several agents + was screaming in Spanish ‘please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family’” — @AimeeCho4

The Department of Homeland Security directly replied to Cho’s post, saying: “This illegal alien from Mexico was previously arrested in January 2024 in Fairfax County for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 13."

"He entered and had a final order of removal and chose to voluntary return- twice. Illegally entered 3 times. Thank you to law enforcement for getting him off of Washington DC’s streets.” — said the DHS.

Federal officials say the man is named David Perez-Teofani.

Cho would go on to reply to her own post with an update: "ICE has sent a statement on this man’s detention, saying his name is David Perez-Teofani and that he was arrested in Fairfax County in 2024 and charged with aggravated sexual battery against a minor under 13."

The Five cohost Jessica Tarlov also posted the clip, commenting: "This doesn't make DC safer. It'll just make people not want to come to DC. The cruelty is always the point." She would go on to delete the post shortly thereafter. 

She would reply to a post asking why she was defending a child sex abuser. When asked, she said “I didn’t know he was - the DHS memo on him came out hours after the video. Wouldn’t ever defend such a person! Hopefully you guys will only go after these types versus hardworking folks that have committed no crimes! Will delete my original tweet.”

“For those of you who think that I quietly deleted my tweet, see below. When you’re trying to be quiet you don’t reply to Stephen Miller. I wouldn’t ever want to promote knowingly wrong information so I deleted the original tweet after the DHS memo came out - which was hours after the arrest,” she continued in a separate post. 

 

Latin America correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Jose de Cordoba replied to the post, saying “Enjoy Washington.” That post would then be quoted by the official Rapid Response X account, which said “This moron, who works for The Wall Street Journal, is defending an illegal alien charged with sex crimes against a minor.”

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