Fairfax Man Arrested After Illicit Texts to Teen
A 51-year-old man was charged on Tuesday, November 17 with allegedly trying to arrange sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl. The Fairfax County Police Child Exploitation Unit was notified on Saturday, November 7 that a family acquaintance had reportedly sent the victim numerous text messages of a sexual nature. On Tuesday, November 17, the suspect arranged to meet with the victim for sex at a shopping center in the 9500 block of Braddock Road.
Detectives arrested Joshua Nabatkhorian, 51, of 4040 Hunt Road in Fairfax, and transported him to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. He was charged with use of a communication device to facilitate a sex act with a minor and attempted indecent liberties with a minor.
Fairfax County detectives ask anyone who may have been the victim of a similar crime involving Nabatkhorian to please report it to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187″ plus your
message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
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We know this family and stand by them.
I know this family too. My heart goes out to Joshua and his family. I completely stand by them as well and have emailed them to let them know they are in our thoughts and prayers.
We also stand in solidarity with the Nabatkhorian family. We know the other family very well and pray the truth is ultimately revealed.
We stand by this wonderful, loving family and our thoughts are focused on THEM during this horrible time.
JOSHUA has been like a dad to me and to countless others. though anything is possible iv’e listened to him countless times tell me how women tried to seduce him and how he ran away in his store. i havea gut feeling this is more of a setup then a reality
I have known Joshua and his family for over 20 years. He is the kindest, most decent human being alive. My three children have spent a lot of time in his home and enjoy his company. He has a wonderful sense of humor, a great deal of integrety, and always looking to do the right thing. His only flaw is that he is way too nice. These charges are nonsense and the truth will come out.
this is a horrible, sick man who deserves t die. for those who are dumbfounded, so were we. when the facts come out, it will be apparent. how can so manyh be so clueless? listen to the family of the victim. 13 years old. how could he?
for those who refuse to believe- so be it. the truth will prevail.
why would he be arresed if the police didnt think he was guilty? some of these comments do not make ANY sense
excuse me– the FBI not police
Figures. He’s from Iran. He was following in the footsteps of the prophet Muhammad who married and molested a nine year old girl -Aisha
Okay Idiot, he is Jewish not Muslim and he is innocent until PROVEN guilty regardless of how many of you have already tried him in your court of public opinion
LOL! A Jewish Iranian. What’s next. A Chinese African. You can’t deny that this type of stuff happens everywhere, yet it is accepted in Islam because the so called “prophet” Muhammad did it himself.
Jackson back to middle school you go honey. Chinese and African are both races whereas Judaism is a religion. Iran is FULL of Jews but this story is about a presently innocent man and your uneducated opinion is a fitting example as to why he is viewed as guilty before due process. Keep posting. Your’re easy to set straight.
Sarah. Regardless. I have the last laugh. This guys the one in jail. He’s going to get it. Do you know what happens to child molesters in jail? They’re raped by black inmates, stabbed and beaten. He won’t last a month!
Someone arrested in a sting will have a very very hard time proving that he was innocent. He communicated over the internet w/ police and arranged to meet to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Before that, he sent hundreds of messages to this 13-year-old girl of a sexual nature. He was caught red handed trying to meet with the girl to have sex with her.
I also know Joshua, and he is a very nice guy, and that’s wonderful and everything, but at the end of the day, he did a sex crime and he’ll do time for it. The only truth you’re going to find out is that denial is a wonderfully powerful drug.
Something just doesnt make sense here. There has to be more to this story. I am not really close to Joshua but have known him for years,s perhaps more than anyone posting here. I just can not believe this is all there is to this story. Of course I am deeply disturbed and upset hearing all these charges but I still think there is more to the story. It just doesn’t make sense for Joshua to would do something like this. I just hope and pray that there is a mistake here somewhere and he did not do what he is charged with. I might be naive but think he did not have these intentions.
I know this man and the family. This cannot be true. I have met him on several occasions and am friends with multiple members of the family. He is sincerely an honest and innocent man. Please people, do not judge him and believe you understand everything about him when you do not even have an inkling about him. Also, please be wary that your hurtful comments are being seen my his mortified family, who do not deserve the bashful ridicule any more than he does. I stand by Joshua and will keep him in my prayers.
It’s true that in our system one is guilty until proven innocent. However, let’s be real here. He was caught in a sting operation where he solicited sex from what he thought was an innocent child. And then, no bail? Looks pretty bad for this pillar of his community. While many of you feel he must be innocent because “how could someone we know be so horrible”, it happens everywhere in every walk of life. And for those of you who let your children spend time in his presence, you may want to educate them so this doesn’t happen to them by him or by some other “kindest, most decent human being!
Correction: Innocent until proven guilty…must have been Freudian!
Not Freudian. You must have been referring to the system of the media, versus the judicial system. The only innocents we know for sure are the 13-year old girl who did the right thing by telling her parents whatever it was that occurred, and Joshua’s family who did nothing to bring this on themselves and it does not reflect on them. Shame on ABC 7 News for chasing them down at their home during this most difficult time. That is not news. Also, the video distorts and dramatizes the report, feeding on community fear. Very poor reporting!
does anyone know what happened in court today? did he get a bail?
First of all, the police would not have arrested this man without sufficient evidence to support the crime with which he has been charged. Second, and more importantly, there is an innocent 13 year old victim , who has been victimized and devastated by something a trusted adult tried to do to her. That is the real tragedy here. She is the one who deserves our unyielding support.
I see a lot of verbal support on this site for this man. I am sure many defenders of the Catholic Church felt this way before the truth came out about priests sexually abusing young boys. They were also viewed as kind, upstanding contributors to their communities.
The one true victim in this is the young girl and I implore you to not victimize her again by dismissing her tragedy as though it didn’t happen.
I know this man personally, he pretends to be a religious man but in reality he is a horrible man. HE GOT CAUGHT!
Please, what was the outcome of Joshua’s arrest. I know him and his brother and find it hard to believe he could have done such a thing. Of course, this is what is usually said for a first-time arrest of this nature. I’ve looked online for the outcome but cannot find anything. Maybe he was proved innocent and charges dropped.
Joshua is the type of person that loves life. He is the happiest person I know. I do not know him very well, and I am not saying based on his character that it did not happen (although I believe it to be highly unlikely), but Joshua could easily have said something that could have been misconstrued – as in: “I’m at the mall, where are you?” when picking her up to take her to his daughter (they are best friends). I know that there were text messages between them of the girl asking Joshua questions about religion – she began this, not him. It is very easy to twist a meaning into something innocent; remember, this man is not yet guilty, and it is equally horrifying to think that he didn’t do it and is in jail as to think he did. I was one of those people who, when I heard someone was arrested for sexual assault, would be horrified and convict the person in my mind right away. But after having this happen so close to home, I am forced to reevaluate – do not convict him just because he is in jail, he may yet be let out; the court seems to have been somewhat lenient in his trial terms, which implies that they think there is more to the story as well that would benefit Mr.Nabatkhorian.
I dont know. I heard of some shady business of the victim’s family, a daughter of 13 living with a single divorced woman who moves every two years to different locations… becomes best friend with the Nabatkhorian family… and suddently out of nowwhere reports this hiddious crime and had the police put him to the test. If someone calls me or texts me that there is a million dollars in front of my door, I would open the door to my house too to “see” if this was true…
Word of advice to families, although you should definetely be cautious of stings, you should be just as cautious with “strangers” welcoming themselves into your beautiful homes and loving families.
Agreed. The victims family is suspect. The mother is a nut and lies and moves as often as she gets discovered. Just glad she moved again and OUT of Fairfax County. Leave Joshua and his family alone and move back to the planet you came from.
Perhaps nobody wants to know the ugly truth. There are pedophiles among us, and sometimes they are our neighbors and friends and teachers and coaches, leaders of our community, rabbis, priests,and ugh….the last people we suspect. It is painful to face this. Some are even husbands and fathers of best friends. Well what are we, as a community, supposed to do about it? Blame the victim, a child? Deny the facts? Question the enforcers of the law? That is quite nervy and presumptuous of you. It is a boldface lie. It is a parent’s job to protect their children. Nobody should question that.
Scapegoating, slander, and false accusation –the parent has moved, is divorced, there was a sting– have gone on since the beginning of time. Who cares about that? You only show simplicity and a lack of character in condemning an obviously courageouos and caring act. Look up the case and read the details. The evidence is quite overwhelming. You should at least know this before you castigate/defend anybody. It is all public knowledge.
Maybe if you had a shred of background, and less bias, then could walk with the dignity of knowing you are more than a mean-spirited, idle gossip .
Some of the comments on here disgust me – Having supported and worked with abused children in my past I can tell you this type of thing happens way too often and way too often the people who are responsible go unpunished. I am making no claim as to the guilt or innocence in this case but I have read the transcripts and its some very compelling information.
I can only hope those making comments about the victims families never have their children experience some of the things I have read in the court documents – that their children should never encounter predators, or become victims of abusers.
Read the evidence people and let justice take its course. In the meantime our children are the most precious gift and we should never have any patience for those who do these types of disgusting activities.
seriously what has the media become these days? why do they have to let out his name for everyone to see? what about his family?
this is a very delicate and complicated situation. NOBODY, and i mean nobody, has the right to judge another unless they have been in his EXACT position.
joshua is a warmhearted caring father. although this doesnt justify what he is accused of doing, people make mistakes. it is up to all of his friends and family to support him through everything he goes through: jail, embarressment, and other depressing things that wll result