Father nabbed for rape

A father wanted for eight counts of incestuous rape was nabbed by the police at BS Aquino Drive in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, at about 10:15 a.m. Thursday.

Chief Insp. Adonis Rosales, Station 4 commander, said the 38-year-old suspect from Brgy. Cabug, Bacolod, was nabbed on the strength of the warrant of arrest issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 6 Judge Anita Guanzon Chua, who denied him bail.

Rosales said the suspect, who had come home from Japan where he worked, raped his 13-year-old daughter last year. The mother was in Hong Kong when the incident happened, police records show.

The suspect admitted to the DAILY STAR yesterday that, he indeed raped his daughter but not eight times. He is now detained at the lockup cell of Station 4.

Meanwhile, a man wanted for robbery with rape charges was nabbed in his house in Purok Webber, Brgy. Felisa, Bacolod, at about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday.

Police said Crisenciano Catague, 25, was arrested on the strength of a warrant of arrest issued by RTC Branch 42 Judge Fernando Elumba, who also denied him bail.*SHIELA G. GELERA

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Ex-con charged for robbery

An ex-convict was charged before the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office yesterday for allegedly robbing the house of a policeman in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod on Wednesday.

Station 4 commander, Chief Insp. Adonis Rosales, identified the suspect as Reggie Clamor, 21, of Banga Sambag, Brgy. Ma-ao in Bago City, Negros Occidental, who had served a jail term for a robbery offense in 2010.

Rosales said Clamor ransacked the house of Senior Police Officer 2 Alex Sullesta, 52, of Capitol Hills Subdivision, Brgy. Estefania in Bacolod, of items worth around P55,000 at about 12 a.m. Wednesday.

Sullesta, assigned at the Intelligence Branch of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office, said he was awakened by the barking of his dog, and when he checked his property, he saw Clamor under his vehicle in the garage, police records show.

The police recovered from Clamor a Samsung Netbook, an Acer Aspire Netbook, a Seiko Gold wristwatch, Blackberry and Nokia cellular phones, the records added.

Clamor told the DAILY STAR yesterday he did not enter the house and steal the valuables because he was too drunk when the incident happened. But he could not explain why he was at the garage of the policeman.

Meanwhile, a suspected thief was nabbed by the police after a brief chase at Hilado Street in Bacolod, at about 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Station 2 chief, Senior Insp. Jovil Sedel, identified the one arrested as Antonio Minase, 38, of Brgy. 19, Bacolod, who reportedly stole the cellular phone of Risen Villaren, worth P2,400, while they were on board a public jeepney at Burgos Street.

Villaren said the suspect contacted her and asked for P500 in return for the cellphone.

Villaren sought the help of the police and an entrapment operation was planned by Station 2 cops that led to the arrest of Minase, and the recovery of the cellular phone and an 8-inch improvised knife, Sedel added.*SHIELA G. GELERA

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