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WOODBRIDGE

Man Arrested in Bronx on Sex Assault Charge

A Woodbridge man wanted on charges of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in his apartment was arrested yesterday in the Bronx, N.Y., police said.

Kwame Boateng, in his 40s, lured the child into his apartment in the 14300 block of Westminster Lane by telling her he had photographs of her, Prince William County police said. The girl told police that she had been assaulted by Boateng several times since September 2004, authorities said.

-- Amy Orndorff

FAIRFAX COUNTY

Victim of Fatal Shooting Is Identified

A man who was found shot to death in the Lorton area of Fairfax County on Monday afternoon was identified yesterday as Jose Romero, 19, of Los Angeles. Fairfax police are investigating whether his death was gang-related.

Police said Romero appeared to have been shot several times in the upper body about 9 p.m. Sunday.

His body was found at 4:30 p.m. Monday behind an abandoned house in the 8900 block of Lorton Road, on the grounds of the former D.C. prison.


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