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For Immediate Release: Friday, July 7, 2023

Gaithersburg, MD - Two auto-theft suspects have been arrested and charged after being found in possession of a stolen vehicle.

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police - Major Crimes Division Auto Crime Enforcement Section (ACES) located a stolen Lexus IS300 in the 13800 block of Avonshire Drive, in Silver Spring.

Two adult males were observed getting into the stolen vehicle and attempted to drive away. ACES detectives, along with Montgomery County K-9, and 1st and 3rd District Special Assignment Teams (SAT) officers, immediately surrounded the Lexus, taking both occupants into custody without incident.

The occupants of the Lexus have been identified as 20-year-old Jeferson Figueroa of Capitol Heights and 19-year-old Steven Becerra of Cheverly, MD.

Through the course of the investigation, ACES detectives learned that the Lexus had been stolen from Prince George's County. Within close proximity to the Lexus was a second vehicle, a Hyundai Elantra, which was determined to have been stolen from Montgomery County.

Figueroa and Becerra were arrested and transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit. Both face multiple auto-theft related charges.