IN BAGO
Lesbian molested

Police arrested yesterday Arnel Quilitar, 28, at the Energy Development Corp. compound in Bago City, Negros Occidental, for allegedly molesting a lesbian on Jan. 25.

Supt. Melchor Coronel, Bago police chief, yesterday said Quilitar who works at the EDC, had a drinking spree with the victim, before the incident.

The victim, whose identity is being withheld, reported to the Bago City Police Station that she was molested by Quilitar at about 10 p.m. of Jan 25 in Sitio Pata-an, Brgy. Mailum, Bago City.

Coronel said the victim may have already been intoxicated by liquor, when she was molested by the suspect.

Quilitar is now detained at the lock-up cell of Bago City police station, and rape charges are being readied against him before the City Prosecutor’s Office.*GPB

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Cops probe
motorcycle thefts

The police yesterday said they now know where stolen motorcycles are being taken after recent reports of incidents about such vehicles taken from public parking lots in Bacolod City.

Bacolod City Police Office director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, said they are “verifying” reports on the people engaged in peddling the motorcycles after they are stolen but refused to elaborate.

Recent reports of parked motorcycles stolen by unidentified persons were recorded in Police stations 1 and 2.

Quebrar said they are coordinating with the management of malls in the city on measures to secure motorcycles in their parking areas.

He said motorcycle owners can prevent thieves from taking their vehicles by chaining them with a padlock instead of just relying on their built-in automatic lock.*PP

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File raps, rob victims urged

Let the victims file charges.

That is the advice Bacolod police director, Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, is giving to those who lost their belongings in robbery and snatching incidents.

That was Quebrar’s reaction to complaints about the spate of hold-ups, vehicle break-ins, and snatchings in Bacolod. If victims will just file and pursue charges against the suspected thieves arrested, there will be fewer robbers, snatchers, and burglars in the city, he said.

He said that, in many cases, complainants did not file charges after recovering their belongings or stop cooperating with them after they have lodged cases in court.

He said this becomes a cycle when apprehended suspects are released after their detention period lapses – and they go back to the streets and prey on pedestrians or parked vehicles again.

Quebrar said he also noted that many notorious thieves they have repeatedly arrested were able to avoid detention by posting bail.

Recent cases of hold-ups in the city involved parkgoers at the Capitol Lagoon while most victims of pickpockets are jeepney passengers, police records showed.

Despite Quebrar’s claim that they are trying to maximize their visibility efforts and anti-weapons checkpoints to further preventing thieves from striking, however, the same crimes continue to be committed in practically the same areas.

He said the public should do its part in preventing robberies by avoiding dark streets, especially at night and by reporting promptly to them if they have been victimized.*PP

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