Last of four charged in Moraine drive-by shooting sentenced to probation

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The last of four court cases connected to a drive-by shooting in Moraine has ended with a Dayton man sentenced to probation.

Jaedon Landis, 21, was sentenced Tuesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Skelton to up to five years of probation. Landis pleaded guilty March 26 to improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises.

The probation includes conditions that he receive mental health counseling, have no contact his co-defendants and to surrender the five weapons used, including one AR-15 rifle, in the custody of law enforcement, according to court documents.

Landis was charged along with Christian DeJesus, 19, Michael Guadagno, 20, and Noah Romero, 19, in the Sept. 22, 2023, shots fired incident.

Four men are facing charges in a drive-by shooting in Moraine Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Pictured clockwise from top left are Jaedon Landis, Michael Guadagno, Christian DeJesus and Noah Romero. Photo courtesy Miami Valley Jails.

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Early that morning, the Moraine Police Division received a 911 call reporting shots fired into a house in the 2700 block of Cadillac Street.

Multiple shots were fired from a passing vehicle at a group of people in the house, Moraine police said.

The four suspects were arrested by the end of the next day.

DeJesus pleaded guilty April 10 and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction. He is under the supervision of Montgomery County Probation Service for up to five years and was ordered to complete a drug treatment program, according to court documents. He also will be on probation for up to five years and must not contact the victims of the shots-fired incident or the other three co-defendants.

Guadagno was sentenced in February to up to five years of probation, but on March 8 his community control was terminated after it was determined he wasn’t meeting all the terms of his probation. He was admitted March 15 to the Correctional Reception Center in Orient to begin serving a two-year prison term and is incarcerated at the Ross Correctional Institution, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction online records.

Romero pleaded guilty March 19 and also was granted intervention in lieu of conviction. He is under the supervision of the county probation department for up to five years and also was ordered to enter a drug rehabilitation program, according to court documents. He also must not have contact with any of the other three co-defendants in the drive-by shooting.

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