Police nab sexagenarian
facing 10 counts of rape

A sexagenarian charged for 10 counts of rape was apprehended by the police during the weekend in Negros Occidental.

Three other were also nabbed for illegal possession of firearms charges, the police said.

Nabbed by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Anastacio Rufon was Juanito Purillo, 63, in Hacienda San Baldomero, Brgy. Abo-Abo , Murcia , for 10 counts of rape.

Senior Inspector Simeon Gane, Murcia police chief, yesterday said Purillo was charged for the molestation in 2004 of a 17-year-old whose identity is being withheld.

Police records show the molested victim is a relative of Purillo's deceased wife, who had stayed with him for several years.

Gane said Purillo admitted having molested the victim several times. He was denied bail by Rufon, and is now detained at the Murcia Police Station Jail.

Police records also showed that Jonas Ledesma and Ruber Deocanis were arrested yesterday by the police in Isabela town and in Himamaylan City , for illegal possession of firearms.

Senior Inspector Virgilio de la Cruz said a .38 revolver with six ammunition in its chamber, and 10 more extra live bullets and a gun holster were recovered from Deocanis, 31, during his arrest in Hacienda Conchita, Brgy. Camang-Camang, Isabela.

Supt. Armando Tubongbanua also reported the apprehension and recovery of a .38 caliber revolver with four ammunition from Ledesma during a benefit dance in Brgy. Libacao, Himamaylan City .

Another homemade .38 caliber revolver with four bullets was also recovered by the police from Rogelio Blanco, 42, when he was arrested by the police in Brgy. Zone 3, Cadiz City .

Meanwhile, four farmers who are facing murder charges in court, surrendered to Chief Inspector Jefferson Descallar on Saturday after series of negotiations in Brgy. Andres Bonifacio, Cadiz City .

They were identified as Reynaldo and Ronaldo Palomo, and Wilfredo and Wilson Benjamen, all residents of the barangay.

Reynaldo and Ronaldo are relatives of Marcelino Palomo who had been mistaken by Descallar for Romeo Palomo Jr., one of the 20 most-wanted persons in Western Visayas who carries a reward of P60,000 for his arrest, police records showed.*GPB

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Minor in brawl at bar
could face raps: cops

A 15-year-old boy could face physical injury charges for allegedly mauling a fellow patron in a bar riot in Bacolod City Saturday, the police said.

The teenager, whose name is being withheld by the DAILY STAR, is now under the custody of the Bacolod Social Development Center after he allegedly hit Mark Chavez on the head with a steel chair during a scuffle at People's Village at 22nd-Lacson streets, in Bacolod , at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, police reports said.

Chavez, 19, was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital after the incident, police records showed.

Crisly Yanson, 22, positively identified the teenager as the one who attacked Chavez, police reports said.

Police Station 2 commander, Inspector Rie Gumban, said, Chavez's mother had told him they will file charges against the minor, who is from Talisay City , Negros Occidental.

He said the brawl was apparently caused by too much drinking of intoxicating liquor among the patrons.

Bacolod City Ordinance No. 1251 series of 1979 states that only those 18 years old and above can purchase liquor in business establishments.*PP

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