POLICE FILES
Robbed
An armed man robbed four jeepney passengers along A.S. Fortuna, barangay Banilad last Sunday afternoon.
Ruth Paragas, 46, Zenaida Paragas, 67, Nherjaya Paragas, 20, and Marcel Magabilin, 10, of barangay Banilad, lost at least P3,000 cash and their cell phones.
The victims told police that the robber boarded the jeepney near the Banilad barangay hall at 1:30 p.m. pulled out a gun on reaching the Hernan Cortes and A.S. Fortuna crossing
The man got off and boarded a Honda XRM motorcycle driven by a cohort.
Police were still investigating the incident./Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos
Inmate suicide
A 32-year-old inmate was found hanging dead in his cell inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) in barangay Kalunasan, Cebu city, yesterday dawn.
Dionisio Madrid Jr.’s body was found by a fellow inmate.
There were no external injuries or signs of strangulation and lacerations that would suggest foul play, Romeo Manansala acting provincial warden said.
Manansala said the victim used an improvised rope and tied it to the ceiling of the cell.
Manansala revealed that Madrid who is detained since Feb. 21, is facing a rape case involving a minor. /Correspondent Tweeny M. Malinao
Arrested
Police yesterday claimed that they had arrested a member of the Ozamiz robbery group in Misamis Occidental.
Felbert Mata, 35, was arrested by Investigation and Detective Management Branch policemen in Misamis Occidental.
The policemen served a pending warrant of arrest for illegal drug possession in Cebu City from Regional Trial Court Judge Macaundas Hadjirasul of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7.
Relado and his team went to Oroquieta City where Mata was seen staying with a relative Roy Dorono.
When they served the warrant, Dorono shot at the policemen but no one was hurt and police succeeded in arresting the Dorono and Mata.
Relado said that Dorono was a suspect in the Mango Square robbery last year.
Relado said when his men arrived at the house of Mata’s relatives, Doroño pulled a gun and fire it to the police.
But, Mata denied police insinuations that he was a member of the Ozamiz group. He said he and Dorono only knew each other recently. Mata also denied the drug charges against him./Correspondent Chito O. Aragon
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