Woman who attempted
to ‘bribe’ police nabbed

A cargo truck owner who allegedly tried to bribe a town police chief with P1,000 in cash when his vehicle was intercepted with an estimated 6,000 board feet of coconut lumber was immediately arrested at a checkpoint Tuesday in  La Castellana, Negros Occidental.

The arrested suspect was identified as Leonisa Vallega whose truck was intercepted at a police checkpoint at the poblacion of La Castellana, police investigations show.

Inspector Romeo Vargas, La Castellana police chief, in his report to Senior Supt. Manuel Felix, police provincial director, said Vallega approached and handed him a piece of folded paper with a P1,000 bill inside, when they flagged down the cargo truck driven by Imeldo Brava, 41.

Vargas said he was told by Vallega that the money was a gift for the La Castellana policemen.

Upon verification of documents presented by Vallega to the police, Vargas said they discovered that it was transporting more than the allowable quantity of coconut lumber, in violation of Republic Act 8048, or the Coconut Preservation Act of 1995.

He added that Vallego who was immediately arrested by the police, will be charged for violation of Article 212, for corruption of a public officials, of the Revised Penal Code.

The truck and its cargo have been impounded at the La Castellana police station headquarters.*GPB

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IN ILOG
Soldier injured in stabbing

A soldier was stabbed by a civilian in Brgy. Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental Tuesday, reportedly after a heated altercation.

1Lt. Joselito Dalida, 61st Infantry Battalion Civil Military Operations chief, yesterday identified the victim as Army Cpl. Fortunato Austria, 36, who sustained a lone stab wound in his chest, allegedly inflicted by Rodney Juanitez, with a “tres cantos” bladed weapon.

In an interview with ABS-CBN, Juanitez claimed he was doused with liquor by Austria after they engaged in a heated argument.

Dalida said Juanitez was mobbed and mauled by barangay residents after the stabbing and is now being treated at the Southern Negros Doctor’s Hospital for minor injuries. He will be charged in court for frustrated murder, Dalida said.

Austria, meanwhile, is now in a stable condition after undergoing an operation Tuesday night, Dalida also said.*GPB

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Hot meat seized

The Bacolod City Anti-Illegal Slaughter Task Force, formerly Task Force Botagoy, confiscated about 7.55 kilos of pork meat being displayed at the Montevista public Market in Brgy. Montevista in the city yesterday afternoon.

Task Force head Rex Juplo said the pork meat seized was tagged as “hot meat” as it had no meat inspection certificate and no corresponding meat brand.

Juplo noted that the owner of the meat tried to hide it when he arrived with Police Officers 2 Sergio Sisles and Julius Dacles, Senior Police Officer 1 Willie Perez and Police Officer 1 Jet Pirote. The confiscated meat will be condemned and the vendor was warned, he added.

“The owner did not resisted when we confiscated the hot meat”, Juplo told the DAILY STAR.

The Task Force had also confiscated 19 kilos of pork meat being sold by a Murcia resident at a mini-market in Paglaum Village, Brgy. Mansilingan last month.

Meanwhile, Juplo said they had confiscated about 1,500 kilos of hot meat from June to December 2009.*APN

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Laptop recovered

A laptop computer, alleged stolen, was recovered by Station 1 policemen at about 12:50 p.m. Tuesday from the residence of a teenager in Brgy. 16, Bacolod City.

Police Officer 2 Joshua Barile, one of the operatives who led in the recovery of the stolen item, said they recovered the laptop after arresting Adriano Tornilla, 19, of Purok Kingfisher, Brgy. 16 Tuesday.

The team of Barile also seized an improvised shotgun or “sulpak” with 12-guage shotgun ammunition, and a plastic bottle containing suspected rugby from the suspect.

Complainant Aubrey Jimenez, 19, of Valladolid town, Negros Occidental told the police that her laptop was stolen from her rented place at the St. Jude building, San Sebastian-Gatuslao Street, Bacolod on January 25.

Barile said Tornilla and his group are also the suspects in the theft of two Persian cats valued at P6,000 each from Lilia’s petshop at the Bacolod downtown area  on Wednesday last week.*APN

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