Crime

Over $20,000 Raised for Family of Montgomery County Uber Driver, Nesredin Esleiman, Killed While Working Earlier This Month

By MCS Staff

Nesredin Esleiman of Silver Spring is described as “a devoted Muslim family man, loved by his community, friends and family.” According to a GoFundMe started to raise money for his family, the Montgomery County man was working as an Uber driver when he was shot and killed on Wednesday, August 10, in what police describes as an attempted robbery. Mr. Esleiman has left behind a wife and three children.

Full report on the arrest of the suspect, per Prince George’s County Police: Homicide Unit detectives arrested and charged 21-year-old Kiayon Strowbridge of Temple Hills in connection with the fatal shooting of 55- year-old Nesredin Esleiman of Silver Spring. 

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MoCo Government

Recount in Democratic Primary for Montgomery County Executive Will Begin on Friday Morning

By MCS Staff

The Montgomery County Board of Elections certified the 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election on Saturday, August 13, 2022.  A petition has been filed for a recount of all votes cast in the contest for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the office of Montgomery County Executive.  The petitioner has requested a manual recount of all voted paper ballots (Maryland State Board of Elections Recount Guide ).

Montgomery County Board of Elections will commence recount on Friday August 19, 2022, at the Germantown Community Recreation Center (Gym), 18905 Kingsview Rd, Germantown, MD 20874. The recount will be conducted from 09:30 AM to 7:00 PM daily until completed.

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MoCo Government

County Executive Marc Elrich and Other County Officials Discuss the Latest on Covid-19 and Response to Monkeypox (VIDEO)

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and other representatives from the County Government who help lead the County’s ongoing COVID-19 response efforts hosted their weekly, virtual media briefing at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The full video can be seen below (begins at 10:06)

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WMATA

Metro GM Responds to Issues During Emergency Exercise in Preparation for Opening of Silver Line Extension

By MCS Staff

More than a hundred fire and emergency personnel converged on the new Ashburn Station on the Silver Line Extension as part of a full-scale emergency drill Wednesday, August 17.  NBC’s Adam Tuss tweeted that “Metro’s safety training drill is turning up some issues with the rail along the second phase of the Silver Line. The rails have been sitting for so long, that many are rusted – meaning some safety” equipment is having a hard time “connecting” to the rails.”

WMATA GM Randy Clarke provided a response to the issues via Twitter on Wednesday night, “While today’s @wmata emergency drill didn’t go perfectly it’s important to clarify that rail rust occurs when trains are not running & is not a safety or construction issue. Pre start-up simulation testing will clean this up similar to what other 🚇 lines look like.

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MoCo Government

Montgomery County’s Police Accountability Board Seeks Applicants for the County’s Administrative Charging Committee

By MCS Staff

Per Montgomery County: Montgomery County’s Police Accountability Board (PAB) is seeking applicants to fill two civilian vacancies on the newly established Administrative Charging Committee (ACC). Members must be able to demonstrate through professional or lived experience the ability to balance effective oversight, perform objective analysis of an investigation report, and practice procedural fairness. An active police officer must not be a voting member of the ACC. ACC members must meet all qualifications mandated by State law and Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission (MPTSC) regulations while serving on the ACC, including consenting to a criminal background check, and signing an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of matters and information considered by the ACC until final disposition. Each member must complete training on matters relating to police procedures from the MPTSC before serving. Member eligibility requirements are subject to change. Members must reflect the racial, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, and cultural diversity of the County. Members must be Montgomery County residents. Members will be required to file a public financial disclosure statement before appointment and annually thereafter.

Note: If you applied to the PAB or ACC between April 6, 2022 – April 27, 2022, your application has been provided to the PAB for further consideration. You need not apply again.

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Rockville

Rockville Police to Partner with State’s Attorney and County Schools for Gun Buyback; $100/$200 Visa Gift Cards Offered for Functioning Guns Including Assault Style Weapons and “Ghost Guns”

By MCS Staff

The Rockville City Police Department, in partnership with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office and Montgomery County Public Schools, will host a gun buyback event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, in the parking lot of the RCPD station, 2 W. Montgomery Ave.

Community members will be able to voluntarily turn in their firearms and receive a $100 Visa gift card for functioning handguns, rifles and shotguns, and $200 in Visa gift cards for functioning assault-style weapons and privately-made firearms, i.e., ghost guns. All firearms will be accepted, with no identification needed and no questions asked by law enforcement. RCPD will make the ultimate determination on what firearms are eligible for gift cards.

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Beyond MoCo

Arrest Made in Murder of Montgomery County Rideshare Driver Who Was Killed in Temple Hills

By MCS Staff

Per Prince George’s County Police: Homicide Unit detectives arrested and charged 21-year-old Kiayon Strowbridge of Temple Hills in connection with the fatal shooting of 55- year-old Nesredin Esleiman of Silver Spring. 

On August 10, 2022, at approximately 6:20 am, patrol officers were called to the 5400 block of Chesterfield Drive for a welfare check. Once on scene, officers located the victim inside of a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The preliminary investigation revealed Esleiman was operating as a rideshare driver at the time of the murder.

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Crime

18-Year-Old Man And 16-Year-Old Arrested and Charged with the December 2021 Rockville Homicide

By MCS Staff

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division have arrested 16-year-old, Maynor Josue Bonilla-Flores of Washington and 18-year-old, Cesar De-La-O-Rodriguez of Washington for the December 19, 2021, homicide that occurred in the 13000 block of Ashby Road in Rockville.

On Sunday, December 19, 2021, at approximately 3 a.m., 4th District officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting that just occurred. Officers arrived on scene and located three adult victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Two of the victims sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The third victim had a gunshot wound to his upper body. All three victims were transported to area hospitals. The victim, suffering from the gunshot wound to his upper body, identified as 22-year-old, Danis Alcides Salgado-Mata of Rockville, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital.

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Bethesda

SEC Charges Bethesda-Based Eagle Bancorp and Former CEO with Failing to Disclose Related Party Loans

By MCS Staff

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Eagle Bancorp, Inc., based in Bethesda, Maryland, and its former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Ronald D. Paul, with negligently making false and misleading statements about related party loans extended by the bank to Paul’s family trusts. Eagle and Paul have agreed to settle the SEC’s charges.

The SEC’s order against Eagle finds that, from March 2015 through April 2018, Eagle failed to include loans to Paul’s family trusts totaling at times nearly $90 million in the related party loan balances included in its annual reports and proxy statements. The SEC’s order also finds that Eagle improperly omitted tens of millions of dollars of loans to Eagle directors and their family members from these related party loan balances. Both SEC regulations and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) required Eagle to disclose these material related party transactions.

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