Monday, November 21, 2005
Manila, Pagadian visitors held up
By Hermie B. Tresquio
TWO people from Manila and Pagadian City respectively became the latest victims of the spate of hold-ups in Dumaguete City.
Police identified the victims as Abigail Amorosa, 19, single, a native of Pagadian City but residing in Barangay Bantayan and Jolito Pertes, 28, married, of Tondo, Manila who was visiting Dumaguete City briefly.
Amorosa said she was about to ride her parked motorcycle after buying medicine from Mercury Drug Store along Colon street 9:30 Tuesday night when a Honda Wave motorcycle with two riders stopped and the back-rider pointed a knife at her at the same time declared a hold-up.
The victim was forced to hand over her wallet that contained her Metro Bank ATM card, P350, and a school ID.
Before they left, the holduppers took her cellphone.
Pertes on the other hand just had his dinner and was sitting outside an eatery beside the LBC office around 6:30 Monday night when an unidentified man appeared, pointed a knife on his waist and grabbed the cell phone in his hand.
After taking the unit, the man walked away, but Pertes shouted for help.
Three students of Negros Oriental State University (Norsu)--Alexis Tubat, 18, Leopoldo Ijan Jr., 20, and Rex Paco, 20, heard the shout, chased and collared the hold-upper.
At the Dumaguete City police station, the suspect identified himself as Michael Inoferio, 21, married of Habitat housing in Barangay Bajumpandan.
Pertes, who got back his cellphone did not file a case against Inoferio saying he was only passing by Dumaguete City.
Inoferio was released after the legal period for his detention expired.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old woman was divested of her handbag by two unidentified motorists 7:00 Tuesday night near St. Paul University in Barangay Bantayan.
The victim Haide Piñero, single of Sitio Tubod, Barangay Piapi, said she was driving her motorcycle on the way home when a motorcycle with two riders edged fast by her side and the backrider grabbed her bag.
The bag had contained P2,600, several ID's, and a Samsung N-500 and Sony Ericsson K-100 cellphones.
(November 20, 2005 issue)
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