BCPO: Suspect in fatal stabbing
of fighting cock breeder nabbed

A man wanted for the fatal stabbing of a fighting cock breeder and several shooting incidents in Bacolod was nabbed by the police at about 3 a.m. yesterday in Brgy. Villamonte in the city.

Senior Insp. Dianne Grace Aquitania, Station 4 chief, said they arrested Gary Gonzales, 23, of Purok Kalantas, Brgy. Villamonte, on the strength of a warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Eliseo Geolingo, who denied him bail.

Gonzales was tagged as the prime suspect in the stabbing to death of Edgardo Pacheco Sr., 46, of Acacia Street, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, near a mini-bar at B.S. Aquino Drive in Bacolod City at about 1 a.m. on July 16 last year.

Police Officer 2 Raymond Bandojo, case investigator, told the DAILY STAR then that Pacheco came from a mini-bar and was on his way home when Gonzales stabbed him without provocation.

Pacheco, a fighting cock breeder, sustained a stab wound in the chest and was rushed to the Bacolod Doctors Hospital but was declared dead on arrival; while Gonzales fled with his three unidentified companions, Bandojo said.

Gonzales was also tagged in the shooting of Jerico Sagyon, 24, of Purok Active, Brgy. Mandalagan at about 1:10 a.m. on July 6 last year at Lopez Jaena Street, Brgy. Villamonte.

Sagyon sustained gunshot wounds in his chest and shoulder. The motive for the shooting has not been known, the police said.

The suspect also went on a shooting rampage and damaged a parked vehicle at the junction of Lopez Jaena Street and Narra Avenue in Bacolod City, at about 3 a.m. on February 6, police records showed.

Gonzales is now detained at the lockup cell of Police Station 4 and will be transferred to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.*APN

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2 armed men
arrested in Kabankalan

The police are establishing the background of two armed men, who were arrested Friday in barangays 1 and 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, for possession of unlicensed .45 caliber pistols with ammunition.

Supt. Calixto Mabugat, Kabankalan police chief, said that Salvador Taguan Bayona, 30, was nabbed at about 10:25 p.m. Friday inside the Ismael Videokee Bar in Brgy. 1, for possession of a .45 caliber Colt pistol with a magazine containing four bullets.

Almost an hour after, the joint patrolling team of the Kabankalan police and the 6th Regional Public Safety Battalion, headed by Senior Insp. Anthony Grande, also arrested John Mark Eglis Bartiquel, 19, at the Alton Restaurant in Brgy. 9 of the city.

Another .45 caliber Colt pistol loaded with six bullets was recovered from Bartiquel, Mabugat said in a report to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office.

The two pistols have serial numbers 533124 and 581232. Bayona and Bartiquel failed to present documents that allow them to possess and carry the firearms.

Mabugat said he will verify with the PNP Firearms and Explosives Office if the two guns are covered with licenses.

Meanwhile, Chief Insp. Rico Santotome reported yesterday the apprehension of Leonardo Dayon, 56, in Brgy. Ma-ao, Bago City, by virtue of an arrest warrant for rape issued by Judge Frances Guanzon, who denied him bail.

Santotome, NOPPO spokesman, said that Dayon is ranked number seven in the list of 10 most wanted persons in Bago City.

Two other wanted persons were also arrested by the police in Himamaylan City and La Castellana, Negros Occidental.

Homicide suspect Gilbert Vallega was apprehended in Brgy. 2 Poblacion, Himamaylan City, by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Nilo Barbasa, who recommended a P40,000 bail for his temporary liberty.

Judge Erwin Javellana, on the other hand, recommended a P30,000-bail for Dionesio Galabado Jr., who was nabbed on July 10 at Juan Luna Street in La Castellana, for illegal possession of firearms.

Supt. Remus Zacharias Canieso, NOPPO officer-in-charge, has commended the city police stations of Kabankalan, Bago and Himamaylan, as well as the La Castellana police for their accomplishments.*GPB

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Bacolod cops nab
4 ‘jai alai’ operators

Four alleged jai alai operators were arrested by the police in barangays 30, Villamonte, Pahanocoy and Tangub, Bacolod City, Saturday and Friday.

Lolita Bedol, 66, of Purok Paho in Brgy. Pahanocoy was apprehended by Station 8 policemen at about 7:10 a.m. Friday in Purok Villa Lourdes allegedly in the act of collecting bets for jai alai. A tally sheet, a betting stub, a ballpen and P56 in bet money were recovered from Bedol when she was arrested, the police said.

Efren Delgado, 58, of Purok Mabinuligon in Brgy. 30, was caught by Station 4 policemen at about 7:50 p.m. Saturday in the barangay. The police recovered from him a betting stub, a ballpen and a tipster with the codename “Bulls Eye”.

About 30 minutes later, Station 8 policemen arrested Anna Dela Rosa, 36, of Purok Villa Esperanza in Brgy. Tangub while collecting bets for jai alai. Seized from her were a bundle of betting stub with number combinations, a bundle of tipsters, a ballpen and P67 in bet money, a police record showed.

Station 4 chief, Senior Insp. Dianne Aquitania, also reported the arrest of Elizaldy Amago of Gonzaga Street, Bacolod, at about 9:30 p.m. at the Capitol Heights Subdivision. She said they recovered two tipsters with the codename “Fronton”, a betting stub, several tally sheets, P50 in bet money and a motorcycle from Amago.*APN

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