March 16, 2010 was a life changing day for a woman in Virginia we will call “Melanie.” Investigators from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in Waldorf, Maryland to assist a Hispanic female who was gang raped. When they arrived at the scene, they found a distraught woman who had been attacked.

A fun night out turned into a nightmare when she was taken inside the house off Country Lane. Once inside, Detective Austin says an unknown Hispanic male later identified as Jose Maria Echebarria told her to strip down naked or she would be killed.

Melanie, scared to death, complied and was forced to stand naked surrounded by men she didn’t know. Austin says she was ordered to have sex with the men there, and if she didn’t they would kill her. Echebarria allegedly ordered her to perform oral and vaginal sex with him, and investigators say as this was happening the men were standing around throwing up their gang signs and taunting her. Detective Austin say she was forced to go in other parts of the home as she was raped by associates, slapped around, and at one point a kitchen knife was held to her.

After a few hours Melanie was able to put her pants back on, and was sent back to the group. While she heard them deciding who was going to rape her next, she made her great escape. Investigators say she made a run for it. Melanie bolted up the stairs, out the front door, and to a neighbors house. This was a bold move considering her life was threatened so many times, and that she was escaping a large group of gang members. Investigators say no one was home at the house Melanie fled to, so she hid under a car for thirty minutes as the suspects searched for her. When the coast was clear, Melanie took off running and made it safely to another neighbors home. That neighbor called police.

Detective Austin says Balmoris Argueta turned himself in late Friday, he walked into the courthouse with an attorney.  Now, eight of the ten suspects have been arrested. Two warrants are currently still out for Juan “Francisco” Orellana who also goes by the name Jose Mendez, Francisco Orellana, and Lionicio Argueta and Jose “Santos” or “Nelson” Portillio.

Juan Carlos, Santa-Maria, 18, Jose Omar Hernandez-Orellana, 20, Henry Misael Herandez-Ramos, 20, Ivan Urillas-Herandez, 21, Ismael Echeverria Montoya, 27, and Adelio Orellana Cruz, 28 were arrested, are being held without bond, and are scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

On March 31, 2010, Jose Maria Echebarria, 30, of Waldorf, was arrested in Newark, New Jersey.

If you have any information, please contact the Charles County Sheriff’s Office: 301-609-6504 – Ask for Detective Jack Austin

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