Carjackers steal vehicle with boy inside

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Philstar.com

Two suspected members of a carjacking gang fled with a medical representative’s car and its six-year-old passenger in Caloocan City Thursday afternoon, but the suspects dropped the boy off unharmed on a highway.

Senior Police Officer 2 Ferdinand Sarmiento of the Caloocan City police Anti-Carnapping Unit said yesterday that the boy was already reunited with his parents.

Sarmiento said the suspected carjackers were arrested by the Quezon City in a follow-up operation.

“The suspects were immediately arrested, but I could not give more details for it was the Quezon City police who apprehended them. We are still waiting for their report. Maybe they have also recovered the car,” Sarmiento told The STAR.

Caloocan police chief Superintendent William Macavinta identified the suspects as Samuel Papa, 39; and Prico de los Reyes, 29, both residents of Tala, Caloocan City North.

At around 5 p.m. Thursday, medical representative Jerome Michael Belgica, 36, went to the North Caloocan Doctors Hospital with his six-year-old son in tow.

As he went to his usual job in the hospital, Belgica left his son in his red Toyota Vios (ZEC-235) parked in front of the hospital.

The moment he left, a man in short pants and a white T-shirt approached the vehicle and enticed the boy to open the car’s door for him.

The man drove the vehicle with the boy inside but upon reaching Quirino Highway in Amparo Village, Caloocan City North, he told the boy to get out. The child was rescued by passing residents and was turned over to local officials of Barangay 179.

Belgica’s manager, who owns the stolen car, heard the alarm aired by the Caloocan police. By coincidence, he saw his car go past him towards Quezon City.

The suspects were caught along Commonwealth Avenue near SM Lagro in Quezon City.

[LadyRider]

Walang patawad na talaga ang mga masasamang loob ngayon! Sigurado ang bata nun ay na-trauma rin kase di naman nya kilala mga pinapasok nya sa kotse nila.

Pero ginawa dapat ng ama nung bata eh sinama na nya kahit sa loob ng hospital at din na iniwan sa labas sa loob ng kotse! A big mistake on his part na talaga ang iwanan nya ang bata mag-isa sa kotse! A very big BOOBOO on his part yun!

But at least nahuli rin ang mga salarin saka naibalik sa kanya ang anak nya!

[coiter]

why leave a kid unattended inside a car? and most likely the car's engine was running. sheesh. e kahit nga kung matanda ang nakasakay ninakawan e pano pa kaya kung bata. buti na lang talaga na di nasaktan ang bata at nakauwi pa.

[non-vtec]

very traumatic event for the father and son. at least they're both safe.

[DonT]

Definitely a lesson to be learned..I often see parents leaving the kids behind..especially sa mga convenient stores..just to get something quickly.

[Monseratto]

Irresponsible parent...Also glad nahuli din yung carjacker, but walang mention kung na recover yung car.

[mbeige]

At least, the thieves left the child alone and did not cause any more harm.

Both the parents and the thief were wrong in this case. Bata kasi madali mauto. Kahit sandali ka lang and you tell them to lock the doors, anybody can persuade them to open the car doors from inside. But yeah never leave any children in the car, if you're going to leave the vehicle even for a few minutes. Always, always have a responsible adult supervise the child regardless of situation.

[O!lman]

Dahil sa swapang sa kwarta ang Med Rep na yan pati anak nya iniwan sa loob ng kotse.

[mr_incredible]

Leaving a kid in a car, whether or not the engine is running, is not just irresponsible but also downright stupid!

Ang dami nang kaso ng batang iniiwan sa kotse na napapahamak, sometimes even dying in the car because of the heat or carbon monoxide emissions.

[Memphis Raines]

Tsk tsk tsk

Could have been easily two birds with one stone: Carnap and Kidnap

Some simple things are just too costly to be taken for granted.

Like simple common sense.

[artpogi]

tanga naman nun Med Rep mabuti walang nangyari masama dun sa bata

I hope he learned the MedRep learned his lesson, bobo!

[flex]

kaya nga important na wag na lang magantay sa loob ng kotse kahit na matanda o bata...mas mabilis macarnap ang sasakyan sa ganitong paraan.

[CVT]

What the MedTech did was utterly *#$%^.....

Thanks for sharing.

4707:santas:

[Monseratto]

If this happened in the US, the courts would probably take custody of the child and jailed the med rep with the car thief...

[hbelgica]

Hi! I usually browse on this site and I was surprised when I saw this thread.
I'm the brother of the MedRep you guys are talking about. Please don't say he's irresponsible and stupid 'cause no one wanted that to happen on the first place. It was just really unfortunate on his part. He was just gone for 2 minutes, suddenly his kid's gone. I'm just sad of how people are so quick to slander people. Please stop saying things, it's really hurtful.
But I guess, this serves as a lesson to all of us to not leave our kids alone in the car and not ask the security guards to watch over the car. Right now, the bigger culprits (not only those who drove the car away) are jailed and we're just waiting for the carnapping syndicate in Cebu who's the mastermind on this plot to be caught.
Good day everyone. God bless.

[av8or5]

Hi! I usually browse on this site and I was surprised when I saw this thread.
I'm the brother of the MedRep you guys are talking about. Please don't say he's irresponsible and stupid 'cause no one wanted that to happen on the first place. It was just really unfortunate on his part. He was just gone for 2 minutes, suddenly his kid's gone. I'm just sad of how people are so quick to slander people. Please stop saying things, it's really hurtful.
But I guess, this serves as a lesson to all of us to not leave our kids alone in the car and not ask the security guards to watch over the car. Right now, the bigger culprits (not only those who drove the car away) are jailed and we're just waiting for the carnapping syndicate in Cebu who's the mastermind on this plot to be caught.
Good day everyone. God bless.

Your the brother of the victim...so you would react that way. but in a third persons view, it was irresponsible. Your brother might not be an irresponsible man, but the act of leaving the kid inside the car alone is an irresponsible act. Many things can happen if you leave a kid inside the car (i.e. the kid could have played with the car, let off the parking brakes and the car would roll down hiting a bystander or another vehicle...etc.)

now if your brother asked the guard to watch over the kid and the car, so...what happened here? we can't totally blame the guard as well (he has his own responsibility)

nevertheless, with this act, everyone is reminded to be more careful. We learn from people's mistakes and I bet your brother learned his as well.

we are thankful that the kid wasn't hurt in this ordeal (physicall), i also hope that the kid gets conselling so he can forget or not traumatized with the event.

[hbelgica]

Your the brother of the victim...so you would react that way. but in a third persons view, it was irresponsible. Your brother might not be an irresponsible man, but the act of leaving the kid inside the car alone is an irresponsible act. Many things can happen if you leave a kid inside the car (i.e. the kid could have played with the car, let off the parking brakes and the car would roll down hiting a bystander or another vehicle...etc.)

now if your brother asked the guard to watch over the kid and the car, so...what happened here? we can't totally blame the guard as well (he has his own responsibility)

nevertheless, with this act, everyone is reminded to be more careful. We learn from people's mistakes and I bet your brother learned his as well.

we are thankful that the kid wasn't hurt in this ordeal (physicall), i also hope that the kid gets conselling so he can forget or not traumatized with the event.

It might be irresponsible in the third person's view. Let's just respect my brother's family. They're doing their best to recover from this traumatic experience. Good evening.

[manley]

No matter how careful we are, chances are we would still sometimes get caught off guard. We are just human beings prone to mistakes. Let us just make this incident another reminder that there are people out there who do not know how to play fair!