Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Wheaton murder suspect was detained by police twice in Rockville before allegedly killing woman

A Wheaton woman might still be alive today, but for Montgomery County's sanctuary county immigration policies. According to Maryland court records, Elmer Marilan Campos-Martinez - who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Wheaton mother and KFC employee Dania Mendez de Guerra - was detained in traffic stops twice by police since 2012. Because officers are forbidden to ask about the immigration status of those they stop, Campos-Martinez was put back on the streets, despite being in the country illegally.

Case records indicate that Campos-Martinez was pulled over by Montgomery County police on October 7, 2012 at 11:46 PM. He was cited for operating a motor scooter without a license on Veirs Mill Road at Parkland Drive. On April 23, 2013, Campos-Martinez paid a $50 fine and $33 in court fees. Without a check of his citizenship status, he was a free man.

While still living on N. Horners Lane in Rockville, Campos-Martinez was pulled over yet again by Rockville City police on April 20, 2014 at 11:13 PM. Driving an actual car this time, he was cited for driving without a license on Veirs Mill Road at First Street in Rockville.  Once again, the officer was not allowed to check his immigration status. In this case, Campos-Martinez did not even have to pay a fine or court fees. The prosecutor entered a nolle prosequi, meaning the State would not pursue the case, and the charges were thereby dropped.

Three-and-a-half years later, Campos-Martinez - now living in the Woods Edge Apartments on Cove Lane in Rockville - was working alongside de Guerra at the KFC at 2119 University Boulevard West in Wheaton. Leaving work, he laid in wait for the 21-year-old de Guerra to walk home to her husband and child on Amherst Avenue, police allege. Four days later, her body was found behind the CVS Pharmacy across a parking lot from her apartment.

Of course, he wouldn't have been there to lay in wait, had he been deported in 2012 after his first scooter misadventure (by the way, do you believe you would have avoided a fine and court fees if you were caught driving without a license? Is there now a separate law for non-citizens?). In fact, Campos-Martinez was deported in 1994. But the sanctuary policies of Montgomery County kept him coming back.
The victim, Dania Mendez de Guerra
If the murder allegations by police are true, those policies cost Dania Mendez de Guerra her life, and her family a wife and mother.

20 comments:

  1. Yes but the important thing is we made the suspect feel welcome in an open, inclusive and nurturing environment. We did not hurt his feelings or compromise our values. The victim was just an unfortunate but small statistic...small price to pay for being one of the best destinations for refugees and illegals. Isn't that right, liberals?

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    1. I cannot believe my eyes to read such comment "just a small price to pay" for a human life.....

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  2. First, to say he was "detained" as a result of traffic stops is a bit of a misnomer. According to the court records on both cases, he was issued a citation and appeared in court on both counts.
    Secondly, yes, a nolle prosequi would not be uncommon for such an offense. Maybe you forgot your license at home, but have one, maybe there was no basis for the stop in the first place so it was invalid. Who knows? Case search lacks the detail for any conclusion to be reached on such a case.

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    1. 1:50: A driver is not being detained in a traffic stop? Try speeding away from the officer at your window next time you're pulled over! LOL

      The fact is, he had a prior conviction for driving without a license in 2012. Why would he be let off in 2014 for the second offense?

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    2. No, detained in a legal sense is more than a traffic stop, or an officer stopping you on the sidewalk to ask questions. And as for the difference from 2012 to 2014, who knows? Maybe the officer stopped him for no reason and the case was thrown out. Maybe he had gotten a license in between. The simple fact is that you are operating under the assumption that any interaction with law enforcement is sufficient for a check of immigration status. This, under state and federal law is not the case. Officers and departments can opt to check immigration status at the time of arrest, or, in some cases, if they have reason to believe that someone is not presenting valid identification to them. But in either case, the police must still have a valid reason for the stop.

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    3. 10:29: Ok, so here's a yes or no question: Can you flee from a traffic stop with no pursuit by the officer giving you the ticket/warning? Yes or no?

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  3. MORE LIES FROM DYER THE LIAR!

    This guy was pulled over in 2012 and 2014.

    The Rockville ordinance forbidding police from asking about a person's immigration status was passed five years later, on June 20, 2017.

    How is something that happened in 2012 attributable to a policy that was not enforced until years later?

    "the officer was not allowed to check his immigration status"

    #FAKE NEWS

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    1. 7:37: You've only proven yourself a complete moron. The Rockville policy was in place a long time ago. It was only formalized this year, leading many to ask why it had to be passed at all.

      Fact: the Rockville officer was not allowed to check his immigration status in the 2012 traffic stop. As a result of that policy, he was here still in 2017 to allegedly kill a young mother. Talk to the rank and file officers, and they'll tell you they're very frustrated being unable to fully do their job - preventing crime.

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    2. What date did that policy become official policy? is there anything in writing? #fakenews until proven #True

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  4. Oh look, Robert Dyer jumping at the chance to blame all of societies ills on an illegal.



    I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

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    1. 10:26: Not all, just one death. Can you give the number of deaths per year you think is acceptable in order to continue the County's sanctuary policies? 1? 2? 3?

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  5. Fun Fact:
    Robert Dyer has NO LEGAL EDUCATION AND NO ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE and cannot speak with any authority on this matter.

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  6. Robert, while I do enjoy your site and take on all things news, you shoudn't consider yourself a rockville "news" site if you're planning to spin and provide your own personal views/angles on items such as immigration.

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    1. Breitbart Part Deux.

      MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS TURNING THE FROGS GAY!

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    2. 1:18: Can you identify a sentence in this article that is factually incorrect? Facts = news, not opinion.

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  7. what about of the other brutal murders by illegals in the Maryland Virginia and DC area? some of the people posting here act as though this is the only murder by an illegal ever to happen in our community.Wake up people.Illegals are killing people all across our community and all across the country.

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  8. More legal citizens kill people than illegals do.
    Mass murderers have not been illegals.
    More illegals are cleaning your house, landscaping your yard, and cooking your food than committing murder.

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    1. I don't get the logic behind your argument.Illegals commit a greater number of murders than citizens when the percent if illegal immigrants in the country is taken into account.If there are 11 million illegal immigrants,they are committing a disproportionate amount of crime.there are over 300 million people in America who are not illegal.

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    2. 7:22: The data used to give that rosy picture comes from sources that utilize self-reporting - - in other words, relying on an illegal immigrant to declare he has committed a crime on a government or other official form...how likely do you think many would?

      Having said that, there of course are many, many illegal immigrants here who are working hard and not engaged in crime.

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    3. Thank you,I agree with you.There are approximately 65 million foreign born immigrants in the United States legally,the vast majority are great people.It's unfortunately true that with many of the 11 million illegal immigrants we have a vast amount of criminal activity which is disproportionate to the 3 percent of the population they make up.There are statistics on this from organizations such as the General Accounting Office,The FBI and others.

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