Fairfax County Police Department News

A former Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office deputy was charged today with simple assault.  Tenzin Kunkyab, 33, of Fairfax, was charged with one count of simple assault. The Police Department’s Special Investigations Section was contacted by the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney on February 2, 2018, after a Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs investigation determined Kunkyab assaulted an inmate on December 20, 2017, at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Kunkyab did not use any weapons during the physical assault.

The Special Investigations Section has been working in coordination with the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney and the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office since being made aware of the incident. In cooperation with Fairfax County Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, the warrant was obtained this morning for Kunkyab and he immediately turned himself in at the Adult Detention Center. Kunkyab has been released on his own recognizance.

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