According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, “Today, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, the Honorable Margaret Schweitzer sentenced defendant, Jaime Havier Lee, 43, of an unconfirmed address, to 40 years in prison suspend all but 28 years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Joseph Emmanuel Calliste, a missing 74-year-old. Calliste was last seen on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 4:05 p.m., in the 8600 block of Old Georgetown Road. He is 5-feet, 6-inches tall, 160 Ibs., and has long sideburns and a mustache. Calliste was last seen wearing a black hat, black shirt, black cloth slippers and unknown pants.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Joseph Emmanuel Calliste is asked to call Montgomery County Police Non-Emergency (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line).
Per MCPD: 4th District officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police have arrested and charged a juvenile male as an adult with theft related charges and illegal possession of a privately manufactured firearm, also known as a “ghost gun.”
On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at approximately 12:57 p.m., officers responded to the Dick’s Sporting Goods store in the 11100 block of Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton for the report of a shoplifting. When officers arrived at the location, they observed the suspects leaving the store with the stolen merchandise. Officers followed the suspects who ran to the Safeway store in the 11200 block of Georgia Ave. Officers entered the Safeway and observed the suspects in possession of the stolen items from the previous store.
Per MCPD: Jorge Rueda Landeros, the murder suspect who fled to Mexico after allegedly killing a Bethesda woman, has been extradited to Montgomery County. Rueda Landeros was wanted in connection to the 2010 homicide of 52-year-old Sue Ann Marcum, an American University accounting professor.
Rueda Landeros, now 53-years-old, is accused of killing Marcum in her home in the 6200 block of Massachusetts Avenue on October 25, 2010. The Medical Examiner determined Marcum’s cause of death to be blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
After twelve years on the run, murder fugitive Jorge Rueda Landeros was arrested in Mexico and charged in connection to the 2010 murder of Sue Marcum, of Bethesda. In December 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Baltimore Field Office received information that Rueda Landeros was likely living in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The FBI – Baltimore Field Office coordinated with Mexican authorities to extradite Rueda Landeros. He was returned to Montgomery County on Tuesday, July 26 and is scheduled to appear in a Rockville courtroom later this afternoon.
At first, it appeared the case was a robbery as Marcum was found dead in the basement of her home. Later, it was reportedly discovered that Landeros was the beneficiary of Marcum’s $500,000 life insurance policy, which police believed played a role in the murder. DNA that did not belong to Marcum was also found on the murder weapon. Investigators discovered Landeros, who was in Mexico and communicating with police through email, would occasionally cross the border to visit family. Montgomery County Police detectives requested that border patrol stop Landeros on his next trip to Texas and take a DNA sample from him. That sample matched DNA found on the murder weapon in Marcum’s home and Landeros was charged with first-degree murder the next say.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Jasmine Jenifer Perez is asked to call Montgomery County Police Non-Emergency (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line).
Concern for Missing Seventeen-Year-Old
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and a dump truck on Monday, July 24 around 4:30pm. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the collision occurred on Ridge Rd and Hawkes Rd in Damascus, close to Cedar Grove Elementary School, and involved one person trapped under the truck. EMS evaluated one adult with Priority 2 trauma.
According to MCPD, “Ridge Rd. is closed at Hawkes Rd. as the result of a traffic collision. Drivers are advised to seek an alternate route. Expect significant delays.” We will post an update when additional information becomes available.
Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged 25-year-old Jerald McCalla, of Clarksburg, with auto theft related charges.
In July 2023, detectives from the Auto Crime Enforcement Section began an investigation into a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT that was stolen in May 2023 through fraudulent means from a car dealership in Farmington, Missouri. During the investigation, detectives identified McCalla as the suspect.
Per the Maryland Attorney General’s Office: The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has identified the decedent and involved officer in the fatal shooting that occurred on July 22, 2023, in Montgomery County. The decedent has been identified as 19-year-old Franklin Castro Ordonez of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The involved Montgomery County Police Officer has been identified as Officer Justin Lee. Officer Lee has been with the department for one-and-a-half years and is assigned to the Patrol Services Bureau. Per MCPD:
Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section are investigating a commercial burglary that occurred on May 30, 2023, at the News & Valet shop in the 1300 block of East West Hwy. in Silver Spring. Detectives have release photos of the suspect and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying them.
At approximately 8 a.m., 3rd District officers responded to the location for the report of a burglary that occurred earlier. The preliminary investigation by detectives has revealed that while the store was closed, between Friday, May 26, 2023 and Tuesday, May 30, 2023, the suspect broke the lower window of the store, with a rock, went inside and stole an undisclosed amount of merchandise.
Update: The victim has been identified as 81-year-old Christl Pedro, of Poolesville.
Per MCPD: A woman has died following a traffic collision that occurred on Thursday, July 20, 2023. At approximately 9:31 p.m., 1st District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the collision in the 18900 block of Beallsville Rd.