Criminal group leader falls in CSF

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - After nearly five months in hiding, a wanted personality moonlighting as a jeepney and tricycle barker and parking boy was arrested in a manhunt operation launched by elements of the City San Fernando police at the vicinity of Barangay Dolores over the weekend.

This city’s Chief Of Police Superintendent Roland Agohob said the suspect, identified as Roberto Guinto alias “Take,” 48, a resident of Sitio Sampaloc, Barangay Dolores here was allegedly the leader of a criminal gang engaged in various illegal activities such as akyatbahay, motornapping, drug peddling and is suspected to be involved in the series of basagkotse incidents that transpired in this city recent l y.

He disclosed that Guinto was nabbed by virtue of an arrest warrant for Robbery with Force Upon Things issued by Judge Mary Jane B. Dacara-Buenaventura of the Branch 43, Regional Trial Court in this capital city after being identified as the masterminded of the robbery break-in of the house of one Catherine MendozaManlapaz, 31, in the same barangay that transpired on December 1, 2017.

Agohob disclosed that local police was able to arrest Guintu’s cohorts in the robbery break-in incident identified as Marko Masangke alias “Lupin,” 31, and Orjil Macaspac, 27, after one of the robbers left behind a pair of slippers, which was later discovered to be owned by Macaspac as positively identified by a witness who saw him wearing the pair on that same day prior to the robbery, but Guinto was not in the area.

“Guinto was not arrested as he was not in the area when police managed to arrest his cohorts at the vicinity of Dolores intersection where the duo used to work as jeepney barkers and parking boys,” Agohob said, adding that suspects managed to steal away some P180,000 cash money during the robbery incident as reported by the vi ct i m.

Guinto, who is now temporarily detained at this station in Barangay Maimpis pending the return of the warrant of arrest to the issuing court, will be facing multiple robbery charges while bail is yet to be set .