“Do you know how many rounds are in here?”
Army prosecutors allege Capt. Javier Emanuel Correa made that statement to his wife while threatening her with a loaded firearm during a violent confrontation near Petersburg, Virginia.
The Army says Correa also warned her, “You have until the count of three to get out of my house or else you won’t have a face.”
Those alleged threats are part of a general court-martial scheduled to begin Sept. 21 at Fort Lee, where Correa faces six domestic-violence allegations and two charges of deliberately disobeying orders from superior officers.
Correa has pleaded not guilty and selected a panel of officers to decide his case.
The most serious allegations stem from an incident on Feb. 17, 2024. According to the Army charge sheet, Correa strangled his wife with his hands, pushed her body, shoved her face into a door and kicked her.
The Army separately alleges that Correa pointed a loaded firearm at her before making the threats about the number of rounds in the weapon and what would happen if she did not leave the house.
Prosecutors say the alleged violence continued later that year.
Correa is accused of throwing a rifle magazine at his wife sometime between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31, 2024, near Petersburg. The Army also alleges that he struck her in the face with his elbow at or near Fort Lee on Nov. 20, 2024.
Editor’s Note: The full list of charges and supporting documents can be viewed on The Salty Soldier Uncensored.
At the time of publication, The Salty Soldier was unaware of any civilian arrest or criminal charge directly connected to the alleged domestic violence in Petersburg or Fort Lee.
That does not necessarily mean civilian authorities were never contacted or that no investigation occurred. Criminal cases involving alleged violence between spouses can be handled through Virginia’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court system, and domestic-violence or protective-order records are not always readily available through the state’s ordinary public records.
Petersburg is also an independent city with its own police department and court system. Although it is surrounded by several counties, it is not part of Dinwiddie, Prince George or Chesterfield counties.
Searches of publicly accessible Petersburg General District Court records did not reveal a criminal case against Correa connected to the alleged domestic violence.
Separate civilian court records, however, reveal that Correa was arrested in January 2026 following an alleged police-eluding incident in Fairfax.
Those records identify him by his full name, Javier Emanuel Correa, and list a Fort Lee address. They also give his birth date as Sept. 9, with the year hidden from the public docket.
The Fairfax case is particularly significant because it appears to overlap with one of the Army’s allegations.
Military prosecutors say Correa was ordered not to operate a motorcycle but deliberately disobeyed that order in Fairfax on July 15, 2025.
Fairfax court records show that Correa was accused of felony eluding or disregarding police on that exact date. He was not arrested until Jan. 8, 2026, nearly six months after the alleged incident, and was later released on his own recognizance.
Correa also received three related allegations accusing him of reckless driving, improperly passing another vehicle on the right and driving so slowly that he impeded traffic.
Prosecutors dropped those three companion matters in May 2026. The felony eluding case was sent to a Fairfax grand jury for possible prosecution in Circuit Court.
The Salty Soldier has not confirmed the final Circuit Court status of that case at the time of publication.
The civilian court records do not identify the type of vehicle Correa was allegedly operating or mention the order from his Army superior. The identical date and Fairfax location strongly connect the two timelines, but the available records do not conclusively establish that the military and civilian allegations describe every part of the same incident.
The Army’s second disobedience charge concerns another driving restriction.
According to the charge sheet, Correa was ordered not to drive a motor vehicle on Fort Lee but deliberately violated that order on July 9, 2025.
Civilian court records show Correa already had a pending reckless-driving case by then.
Approximately six weeks earlier, on May 26, 2025, Correa was accused of driving 115 mph in a 60-mph zone in Chesterfield County. He was given a summons and released rather than being formally arrested.
A judge found him guilty while he was not present in court on March 18, 2026. Correa was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $102 in court costs.
The timing raises an unanswered question: whether the 115-mph reckless-driving case contributed to the Army’s later decision to prohibit Correa from driving.
The records do not explain why the Army restricted Correa from driving or whether the restrictions were directly connected to his civilian traffic cases.
Before his assignment at Fort Lee, Correa served with an air-defense unit at Fort Bliss.
A military photograph published in 2023 identifies then-1st Lt. Correa as a battalion maintenance control officer with 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
The photograph shows a Marine brigadier general recognizing Correa for supporting Marine forces arriving in the U.S. Central Command area during exercise Intrepid Maven 23.3.
The Army charge sheet now identifies Correa as a captain assigned to A Company, Army Sustainment University Support Battalion at Fort Lee.
The military charges were formally brought in February 2026 and referred to a general court-martial in June. The Army has reserved Sept. 21 through Sept. 25, followed by Sept. 28 and Sept. 29, for the trial.
The civilian reckless-driving conviction is separate from the pending court-martial. Correa remains presumed innocent of the domestic-violence and disobedience charges unless prosecutors prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.
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