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Stabbing at the Vienna Inn
A longtime employee of the Vienna Inn was stabbed while working late at the local landmark bar and restaurant in the early morning hours of July 26. The victim, Alberto Villatoro, remains in Inova Fairfax Hospital.
"He's a strong man, he's going to be OK," said Bryan Volk, manager of the Vienna Inn. "This is the most terrible thing that's happened here while I've been around."
Villatoro generally works late as a dishwasher and cleans up after the restaurant has closed. According to police, the night of the attack, somebody else was in the building with Villatoro and severely injured the restaurant employee with a knife.
"We don't know if he snuck in or broke in or what," Volk said.
At about 2:45 a.m., Villatoro called 911 himself. Responding Vienna Police officers had to administer first aid to Villatoro to control his bleeding until paramedics arrived on the scene.
"We had a lot of trouble getting information from the victim at first because of his wounds," Officer William Murray said.
Nevertheless, that evening the Vienna police arrested Vienna resident Jaime Espinal, 21, and charged him with aggravated malicious wounding. According to police, Espinal and Villatoro know each other, and testimony from numerous witnesses led the police to arrest Espinal at his home.
The Vienna Inn was closed Saturday for cleanup after the incident but has since reopened. Meanwhile, Villatoro remains hospitalized.
"We have people coming in and asking about him all the time. ... We really support him," Volk said.
"This is the most terrible thing that's happened here while I've been around."
This kind of nonsense happens all-the-time in Vienna; the following also occurred in Vienna the same week as the VI stabbing:
VPD HIGHLIGHTS 7/25/08
9-1-1 Hang- up call- Person with a Gun 08-7113
200 Block Cedar Lane, SE
July 19 7:25 p.m.
Arrests- Assault 08-7127
200 Block Cedar Lane, SE
July 20 3:37 a.m.
Arrested: Jose Yanez- Matias, 23, of No Fixed Address
Faustino Yanez, 27, of No Fixed Address
Arrests- Drunk in Public and Littering 08-7166
100 Block Patrick Street, SE
July 21 3:28 p.m.
Arrested: Cruz Guzman 37, of Riverdale Road in Riverdale, MD
Rito Giron Hernandez 35, of Lee Highway in Fairfax, VA
Arrests- Drunk in Public 08-7182
Marshall Road Elementary School
700 Block Marshall Road, SW
July 22 12:35 a.m.
Arrested: Jaffer A. Usmani, 28, of Grizzly Court in Manassas, VA
Hira Khan, 22, of Westwood Place in Sterling, VA
Arrest- Domestic Assault 08-7225
200 Block Cedar Lane, SE
July 22 8:42 p.m.
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