Another Jaikbreak Occured In Bacolod City; 2 Policemen Face Charges
BACOLOD CITY – Another detainee has escaped from the detention cell of Police Station 9 in Bacolod City Friday morning (January 17).
The jailbreak occurred just nearly two weeks after four detainees escaped from a custodial facility in the city in Negros Occidental.
According to SunStar, the escapee was identified as Gabriel Libo-on, aged 29 years, of Purok Nami-Nami 1, Barangay Sum-ag.
Libo-on was charged for violation of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Police Lieutenant Jonito Pastrana, chief of Police Station 9, reported that the escapee, who is a former water in a restaurant of the city, was caught on January 8 in a drug bust and was charged for violation of illegal drugs.
However, around 11:02 AM on Friday, he escaped by using an unidentified metal to open the padlock of the said facility. He fled from the back of the police station.
“At first, we concluded that he used the barbeque stick, which was recovered at the custodial facility, to open the gate,”
The suspect escaped because the jail officer reportedly abandoned his post and went to the market to buy food, while the desk officer was busy entertaining complaints at the front desk.
In the CCTV footage that they reviewes, they found out that before he escaped, his two aunts, who visited him, gave him the said unidentified metal that he used to open the gate.
Pastrana said that they received a surrender feeler from the family of Libo-on and hoped that he will surrender for his own safety.
“He is not safe if he stays outside because he might be hunted by his cohorts in illegal drugs,”
As per the report, the said two police officers will face administrative and criminal charges after the jailbreak.
Pastrana added that they filed criminal charges before the City Prosecutor’s Office against the officers, identified as jailer Staff Sargent Jose Miguel Rogacion, for violating Article 224 of the Revised Penal Code or evasion through negligence; and Staff Sargent Daniel Patrick Oro, for grave misconduct.
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