IN SAN CARLOS
Farmer kills brother

A farmer allegedly shot dead his own brother in San Carlos City, while two were killed in Cadiz City and in Manapla on Saturday, in what the police said were motivated by old grudges and robbery.

Murder suspect Antonio Villarcampo invoked self-defense in shooting his elder brother, Juan, in Sitio Bulad, Brgy. Quezon, San Carlos City , police chief Supt. Harold Tuzon said.

Tuzon said Antonio admitted the shooting and said Juan tried to force his way into his house on Friday night, hitting him in the head and causing his death.

A 357 caliber magnum revolver with three live ammunition was recovered during follow-up operations for the arrest of Antonio.

Initial police investigations show that old grudges had led to the shooting.

Palmares Lanate, 40, and a farmer, was also shot with a firearm of unknown caliber, allegedly by Caloy and Herman Banate in Brgy. Mabini, Cadiz City .

Lanate sustained multiple gunshot wounds and also died, police said.

In Brgy. Purisima, Manapla on Saturday, an unidentified gunman wearing a bonnet, also shot Edilberto de la Cruz, 36.

De la Cruz was also declared dead on arrival at the St. Anne Medical Center in Cadiz City , police also said.

The police has not determined yet the amount of money taken by the gunman from de la Cruz.*GPB

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3 minors arrested
for robbery

The minors who robbed a tricycle driver at knife-point in Brgy. Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, on Jan. 23 were arrested and endorsed to the Department of Social Welfare and Development recently.

Julio Paray, 38, complained to the La Castellana police that he was robbed by Rewek Genieba and four minors armed with bladed weapons, while he was on his way to Hacienda Mansalayao in the town.

Follow-up operations by La Castellana police team led by SPO1 Ignacio Esmino led to the arrest of Genieba and three minors whose identities are being withheld. Another one was able to escape.

Recovered from them were three bladed weapons, three cellphones, and P346 in cash.

The Anti-Juvenile Act, authored by Senator Kiko Pangilinan, prohibits the detention, and filing of charges against minors 15 years and below, if they commit a crime. The youthful offenders will only be endorsed to the DSWD for counseling and rehabilitation.

Police records show that 28 minors were arrested last year in Negros Occidental for various offenses, and rape topped the list of their crimes.

On the other hand, a police team led by PO3 Carlos Santiago arrested a certain Ruben Barreto at Lopez Vito Street , Brgy. 6 in Cadiz City , for illegal possession of firearms. A .38 caliber homemade revolver with three live ammunition was recovered from Barreto who is now locked up in jail.*GPB

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4 nabbed for theftS

Four persons, one a teenager, were arrested for theft and robbery charges in Bacolod City during the weekend.

The police said yesterday that Rey Laneres and Bernabe Villafuente, both of Murcia town, Negros Occidental, were nabbed by Police Station 6 officers for allegedly robbing Indians Satnam and Swarn, both surnamed Singh, at Gonzaga Street, Brgy. 28, in Bacolod , at about 5 p.m. Saturday, police records show.

Laneres, 24, was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital for multiple injuries he sustained when bystanders ganged up on him, police reports said.

Villafuente, 27, is now detained with handcuffs at Police Station 6 in a separate cell.

Police reports said the two Indians were collecting money in the area when Laneres poked a gun at them and took their belongings.

Recovered from Lenares was the homemade .38 caliber revolver he pointed at the victims and P240 in cash owned by Satnam, while a Bureau of Internal Revenue ID and a Nokia 8810 cellphone also owned by Satnam was recovered from Villafuente, police records show.

Meanwhile, Twinkle Rillo, and a 16-year-old boy were apprehended by Police Station 8 officers led by Bacolod City Police Office director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, after they allegedly stole about 20 kilos of copper wire valued at around P10,000 around noon Friday, police records show.

PO1 Rolito Flores of Police Station 8, said, Rillo, 19, and the minor, both of Purok Crossing Otso, Brgy. Tangub, in Bacolod , took the metals from the Bacolod Domestic Airport and were recovered from them when they were arrested in Purok Mahigugma-on, also in Brgy. Tangub.*PP

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