Molestation suspect
escapes from detention

A rape suspect who escaped from a police station in Bacolod City Friday is now the subject of a manhunt.

Police Station 10 commander, Inspector Adonis Rosales, said they are searching for Avelino Romanillos, 20, of Purok Roseville, Brgy. Handumanan, in the city, who ran away from the precinct at about 7:30 p.m. on January 4.

Rosales said Romanillos, who was detained on January 1 for a sexual-molestation complaint, had asked to go to the comfort room when he fled.

The Bacolod City Police Office Women and Children's Concerns Desk has jurisdiction over the case but Romanillos was detained at Police Station 10, because the incident happened within its area and the WCCD has no detention cell, Rosales said.

Rosales said he had just arrived from Manila at that time.

He said Romanillos apparently saw the chance to escape when PO1 Rene Labating, who was the jailer in charge, had to pacify a group of people who were reporting an incident.

Other officers on duty that night had left the station to respond to another case when the suspect fled, Rosales added.

He said they are now coordinating with the nine other BCPO stations in the searching for Romanillos.

His family, including his uncle who is a member of the Bago police station, have vowed to turn him in if they see him, Rosales said.

He also said that he has asked Labating and his team leader, SPO1 Willie Yap, to submit their reports on the incident, and they will be investigated.

BCPO director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, meanwhile, said, that Labating and Yap could face administrative cases and undergo a summary hearing, but they can continue rendering service to the station.*PP

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9 wanted
persons apprehended

Nine persons with pending arrest warrants in various municipal and regional courts, were apprehended recently by police tracking teams in Negros Occidental, police records showed yesterday.

Nabbed in Silay City on Jan. 2 and 4, respectively, were Carlito Rivera, 47, and Ernie Nallanes, 22, who are facing charges for theft, malicious mischief and direct assault on a person in authority.

Rivera bail was set at P12,000 each for two charges, while Judge Fernando Elumba recommended bail of P12,000 for Nallanes.

Policemen apprehended Juren Amparado, 22, in Brgy. Asia , Hinobaan, by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Henry Arles for rape on Friday.

Arles denied bail to Amparado.

Simultaneously nabbed on the same day by the police in La Carlota City, Calatrava and Murcia were Mars Eramis, who is facing charges for illegal possession of firearms, Florentino Toreno – robbery with violence and intimidation, and Ezzard Cyreix Egina who was charged with attempted homicide.

Police records also showed that Judge Catherine Go has recommended P40,000 bail for Toreno, and P12,000 for Egina, whose arrest warrant was issued by Murcia-Salvador Benedicto Judge Orlando Ayeng.

Romulo Beglas, 31, was also arrested by the police in Brgy. Cabatangan, Talisay City , for theft. The bail recommended for his temporarily liberty was set at P10,000.

Ronilo Delorio, 22, was also apprehended by the police in Brgy.9, Isabela, for homicide. The court set a bail of P40,000.

Policemen also arrested Ardie Dagonoy,20, in Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City , for robbery. Arles recommended bail of P40,000 for Dagonoy.*GPB

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4 injured in stabbing,
shooting in Bacolod

Four persons were injured in stabbing and shooting incidents in Bacolod City during the weekend, the police said.

Sukhdev Singh was brought to the Riverside Medical Center with three gunshot wounds inflicted by still unidentified persons on a motorcycle while he was outside his son's house at Lawaan Road , Villa Angela Subdivision, Brgy. Villamonte, at about 4:15 a.m. yesterday.

Police investigation showed Singh, 56, was ringing the doorbell of the house when the two suspects attacked him.

Meanwhile, Ricky Juanello of Brgy. Dian-ay, Escalante City , Negros Occidental, and Dennis Valdez, of Purok Binuligay, Brgy. 26, in Bacolod , were brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital with stab wounds sustained in incidents Friday.

Juanello, 22, was stabbed allegedly with a chisel by Ritchie Villanueva, 25, at Hilado Street , Brgy. 22, in Bacolod, at about 3:30 p.m. Friday while Valdez, 31, was allegedly attacked by Abner Vaflor, alias “Bebing”, in Purok Binuligay, at about 8:30 p.m. on the same day, police reports said.

Roberto Fallorina, 39, of Hda. Matab-ang, Talisay City , in the province, on the other hand, was brought to the Doctors' Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by an unidentified person in Purok Pag-asa Brgy. Estefania, in the city, at about 9 p.m. Friday, police records showed.*PP

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