NEWS: Cop steals motorcycle from Caloocan mall

[ghosthunter]

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Cop steals motorcycle from Caloocan mall

MANILA, Philippines - A Northern Police District (NPD) police officer and his alleged accomplice were arrested while driving a stolen motorcycle out of a Caloocan City mall Friday night.

Police Officer 1 John Rey Bautista, 30, assigned to the NPD public safety battalion, was apprehended along with Venedict Lopez, 27, at around 7 p.m. at the mall, according to Senior Inspector Gaylord Tamayo. Bautista’s 9mm pistol, a Yamaha Fino motorcycle owned by Carlos Buccat, and an improvised lockpick were confiscated from the two men.

Tamayo, Police Officer 3 Paul Norman Lagural and Police Officers 1 Jhoven Pacis and Patrick Baldemor were gathering data on suspected car thieves along Rizal Avenue Extension in Monumento when they heard Buccat shouting for help from the mall parking lot.

Buccat said he left his motorcycle at the parking lot to meet a friend in the mall’s supermarket. He said when he returned, he saw his motorcycle being ridden by two men, the driver clad in a police uniform.

Tamayo and his men intercepted the suspects as they were about to leave the parking lot. Cornered and outnumbered, Bautista and Lopez surrendered without a fight.

“Bautista is a disgrace to the police organization, for he is using his uniform in an illegal activity. Last April, my unit also arrested him for driving a motorcycle without proper documents. He must not stay any longer as a police officer,” Tamayo told The STAR.

Tamayo said they would conduct a deeper investigation to determine whether Bautista has links with a group of car thieves operating in northern Metro Manila and look into Lopez’s background.

The STAR tried to interview the suspects in their cell but they refused to answer questions. Bautista only pointed to Lopez and said, “Sorry, I was just dragged into this.”

Chief Inspector Rodrigo Soriano, Caloocan City police investigation chief, said they will file charges against the two suspects with the office of city prosecutor Darwin Canete. - By Pete Laude (Philstar News Service, Philippine News for the Filipino Global Community)

source: Cop steals motorcycle from Caloocan mall - Yahoo! News Philippines

[zacks_888]

Nakakahiya PO1 palang gumagawa na ng katarantaduhan. Buti nalang maaga naputol yung sungay nya. Worst part pa is naka uniform pa.

[carwhacko]

Grabe sa hanay ng pulisya lowest animal ang PO1. grabe ginawa nyan. Tsk tsk sinayang niya lang pagkakataon niya at buhay niya. Halos kapantay ko lang siya ng ranggo eh. Tsk tsk


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[BratPAQ]

Nakakahiya PO1 palang gumagawa na ng katarantaduhan. Buti nalang maaga naputol yung sungay nya. Worst part pa is naka uniform pa.

Usually naman PO1 lagi orother lower ranked ang nahuhuli, either baguhan pa sila at di singgaling ng senior nila magtago ng kalokohan, or bumaba ang higpit ng enrance sa PNP at pati mga loko nakakapasok. Maybe hock sa power nung biglang makahawak ng baril.

[oliver1013]

public beheading dapat pag govt official ang may sala...kakahiya

[dfopiso]

Ano kaya justification? Kung gutom family baka maintindihan pa, pero kung bisyo o another family ... talaga naman

[JohnM]

Our cops are surprisingly well paid contrary to popular belief. Pero kung dami bisyo wala rin.

[Ry_Tower]

Afaik P15K na minimum ng PO1. So hindi gutom yan for sure.

[vinj]

Afaik P15K na minimum ng PO1. So hindi gutom yan for sure.

Mas mataas pa sa starting salary ko dati.