Bacolod cops arrest
‘notorious’ pickpocket

A suspected thief, notorious for stealing cash and valuables from jeepney passengers and pedestrians, was arrested when his latest victim sought the help of traffic aides and a police officer in Bacolod City, around noon Tuesday.

Rolly Aguiling alias “Hapon” of Raymund Street, Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod, was collared by traffic enforcers Rey Ramirez and Rocket Alagado near a fastfood outlet, a few minutes after he stole the P5,000 in cash from the pants’ pocket of Emalinda Vargas, while they were on a jeepney.

PO3 Celito Dullan, Police Station 1 investigator, who was nearby when the apprehension happened, said that he filed theft charges against Aguiling at the City Prosecutor’s Office yesterday – his 15th such case since 2003.

Aguiling, who is jobless, told Dullan that he needed money for his sick daughter, but the police said he is among the noted pickpockets and snatchers in Bacolod, who prey on jeepney passengers and pedestrians in crowded areas like public markets.

He added that Aguiling just manages to post bail whenever he is charged.

Vargas, a resident of Pontevedra town, Negros Occidental, and who was then on her way to pay the hospital bills of her sister, recovered the cash from Aguiling, Dullan said.*PP

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2 apprehended
for loose gun

Two construction workers are facing multiple charges for illegal deadly weapons possession after they were caught carrying a gun, a knife, and an improvised sling arrow in Bacolod City, Tuesday night.

Vergel Javelosa, 23, and Rodel Gasapo, 19, both of Purok Cubay, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod, were arrested by Police Station 4 members led by PO2 Clint Ferrer and tanods after a homemade shotgun or “sulpak” with three bullets, an ice pick, and an improvised sling arrow or “Indian target” were allegedly found on them, at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Charges for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition for the sulpak and the bullets, and cases for illegal possession of deadly weapons for the ice pick and the sling arrow, were filed against Javelosa and Gasapo at the City Prosecutor’s Office yesterday, Senior Insp. Danilo Francisco, Police Station 4 commander, said.

Investigation showed that the officers and the tanods were on a saturation drive against robbers when they saw and frisked the two men.

Javelosa and Gasapo, who said they work at a construction site at the Bacolod Realty Development Corp. at the reclamation area in the city, said that they carried the weapons to defend themselves from bystanders who threaten them when they go home at night.*PP

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IN KABANKALAN
20 drivers collared
for traffic infractions

A checkpoint conducted by the Kabankalan City police office led by Supt. Calixto Mabugat and Insp. Nerito Lobrido along the highways of barangays Talubangi and Binicuil, resulted in the apprehension of 20 drivers and the impoundment of two motorcycles for various traffic violations, recently.

Infractions included the non-wearing of helmets, overloading, no plate numbers and defective signaling devices, a Kabankalan PNP press release said.

The police unit also spearheaded a traffic rules seminar for some 65 tricycle drivers and operators in the city.

PO2 Jesus Tuason of the traffic division discussed the new guidelines for securing Motorized Tricycle Operator’s Permit, and Mabugat tackled violations in relation to Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, especially the “No Plate No Travel Policy” and Defensive Driving, the press release added.*

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Police Beat Title 4

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