Police Files
FARMER KILLED IN TUBURAN
A 52-YEAR-OLD farmer died after he was hit by a motorcycle in Tuburan town, northern Cebu, on Friday.
Mario Glensis was crossing the corner of Burgos and Tabotabo Streets when he was hit by a motorcycle driven by Ronald Dela Cruz, 20, of Tabogon town.
Police said the farmer may have failed to see the oncoming motorcycle because of a bus which had stopped at the side of the road.
Glensis suffered head injuries and died hours after he was brought to the Tuburan District Hospital.
The motorbike driver was detained at the Tuburan police station pending the filing of charges against him./UP MASSCOMM INTERN JOSE SANTINO S. BUNACHITA
P100T WORTH OF CROCS STOLEN
A STORE selling Crocs sandals was burglarized in brangay Bakilid, Mandaue City.
The store had a security guard but Godwin Enolpe, 51, of Archangel Investigative and Security Agency, said he didn’t notice anyone enter the store.
Enolpe told police that it was past 6 a.m. yesterday when he discovered that the padlock of the store’s roll-up door was destroyed.
Francis Benedict Cutingco, a representative of the store, said 110 pairs of Crocs sandals worth close to P100,000 were stolen.
Police said the security guard is under investigation. /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA
GUARD SHOOTS 2 BOYS
TWO boys were wounded when a security guard shot them in barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City at dawn yesterday.
The boys, aged 16 and 17, sustained minor injuries in the knee and hand.
The guard, Ananias Revilleza, 42, of JMJ Habagat Security Agency, was arrested after the shooting.
The guard said he saw the two boys climb the fence of Detalia Aurora Inc. at 2:45 a.m. yesterday.
The guard said he fired two shots at the boys when he saw them taking scrap metal.
The two were treated at the Mandaue City Hospital
The guard surrendered his service firearm, a .38 caliber revolver with two empty shells, to the Basak police./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA
TANOD ACCUSED OF RAPING GIRL
A BARANGAY tanod was arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in barangay Umapad, Mandaue City.
Police said the suspect and the victim were distant relatives.
The girl complained that she was raped thrice, with the last attack happening on Friday.
The girl said the tanod would invite her to his house and give her P100 after raping her.
The girl’s sister-in-law told police that she noticed that the girl was uneasy last Friday afternoon.
When she asked the girl what was bothering her, the the girl confided to her what the tanod was doing.
The crime was immediately reported to police.
The tanod was not at home when police arrived but was later arrested in a relative’s house in Lapu-Lapu City./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA
MAN STABBED BY YOUNGSTERS
A 30-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed and robbed by group of youngsters in barangay Poblacion, Toledo City, southwest Cebu.
Archie Adlawan was wounded in the chest.
He and his girlfriend were walking on the road around 9 p.m. last Friday when a group of minors attacked him. When the man slumped on the ground, the youths took his Itouch device worth P50,000 and fled.
The victim was rushed to the Toledo City District Hospital./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC
