ORMOC CITY– A 19-year-old construction worker listed as the No. 2 most wanted person in the province of Biliran was arrested by law enforcement authorities on the evening of Tuesday, June 3, in Barangay Villa Cornejo, Kawayan, Biliran.
The suspect, known by the alias “Jie,” a resident of the same barangay, was apprehended around 10:33 pm by operatives of the Kawayan Municipal Police Station and the Biliran Provincial Mobile Force Company.
The arrest was made based on a warrant issued by Judge Luz Petilla Navarrete of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, Naval, Biliran, for the crime of qualified statutory rape. No bail was recommended for the suspect’s temporary release.
Police said the accused was informed of the nature of the arrest and his constitutional rights in a language he fully understood.
The suspect was brought to the Kawayan Municipal Police Station for documentation and will be turned over to the issuing court for proper legal proceedings.
(ROBERT DEJON)
