Robbery suspect surrenders;
2 ‘pickpockets’ apprehended

A robbery suspect surrendered in Brgy. Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, yesterday, while two suspected pickpockets were arrested by Station 4 policemen at Burgos-Hilado streets in the city Tuesday night.

Station 8 chief, Senior Insp. Jerick Filosofo, said Christopher Banay, 31, of SP Village, Brgy. Pahanocoy, surrendered to Brgy. Captain Elmo Olivar after he learned that policemen were looking for him, allegedly for robbing a lending collector in the barangay at about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Dennis Badiale, a collector of the Capitol Leverage Lending firm, told the police he was walking at SP Village when Banay blocked his way, threatened him with what looked like an ice pick, took his cellular phone and P5,000 cash, and fled.

Badiale’s cellular phone and a ballpen wrapped in packing tape, allegedly used by Banay to threaten the victim, were recovered from his possession during his arrest, Filosofo said.

Investigation showed that Banay had been convicted before for homicide charges and has a pending case for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, he said.

Meanwhile, two pickpockets were arrested by Station 4 policemen after they were mauled by bystanders at about 8:40 p.m. at Burgos-Hilado streets.

Station 4 chief, Senior Insp. Dianne Grace Aquitania, identified the suspects as Reynaldo Espillo, 31, of Bangga Totong, Brgy. Handumanan, and Romel Demi, 32, of Purok Cagaycay, in the barangay, in Bacolod.

Merry Joy Tornea, 20, of Purok Mars in Brgy. Singcang, Airport, Bacolod, told the police that one of the suspects took her wallet, that contained P2,300 in cash and identification cards, while they were on board a passenger jeepney.

Espillo and Demi are now detained at Police Station 4 lockup cell and theft charges will be filed against them.*APN

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BCPO joins greening program

A memorandum of agreement was signed between Bacolod City Police Office director Senior Supt. Ricardo de La Paz and Community Environment and Natural Resources officer Joan Gerangaya at the BCPO headquarters on Monday, its press release said.

The MOA involves the continuous support of the PNP to the National Greening Program of the government through the planting of six trees a month per policeman until February 2013.

The activity was also in compliance with the directives of PNP director general Nicanor Bartolome on the “Adopt a Hill” and the “Pulis Makakalikasan: 10 Milyong Puno Pamana sa Kinabukasan” programs, the press release added.*

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