A Silver Spring, Maryland, woman was sentenced Wednesday after she crashed into a car, killing someone.
The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that 24-year-old Jesica Argueta was sentenced to 20 years in prison but will only serve one year.
Argueta’s sentence stemmed from a car crash that happened Aug. 7, 2025, at around 7:45 a.m. in the Randolph Road and Sherwood Forest Drive area of Silver Spring. Argueta was driving at 84.5 mph in a 40 mph zone, weaving through morning rush hour traffic before crashing into a car, according to the county state’s attorney’s office.
The driver of that car received serious injuries, and the front seat passenger, 85-year-old Josephine Gieske, died a couple of weeks later. They were driving home from church and turning left when the crash happened.
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Argueta pleaded guilty on July 26 to vehicular manslaughter by gross negligence and second-degree assault.
She will serve five years of supervised probation after she is released from prison.
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