Janitor in P12M rob yet to post P24K bail

The janitor being linked to the string of robberies in a condominium complex in Quezon City remained in detention six days after his arrest, as he claimed he caouldn’t afford the P24,000 bail.

Ariel Buenavista, 34, a housekeeping crewman at Manors Celebrity Place Condominium Complex in Old Balara, said his wife, a supermarket saleslady in Makati City, was still trying to raise the money.

Also on Tuesday, Chief Inspector Rodelio Marcelo of the Quezon City police said Buenavista was so far charged with only one count of robbery out of the four burglaries reported in the complex since October last year, where over P12 million in cash and jewelry had allegedly been stolen.

“There’s no witness yet against him on the other cases. We only have witnesses in the latest incident,” Marcelo explained. A security employee claimed seeing Buenavista rushing out of the complex carrying a black jewelry box before taking a taxicab on Monday last week.—Nancy C. Carvajal