DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 31(PIA)---The long arms of the law has caught
up with the rape suspect before he could board on his flight back to Manila.
Dipolog
City Airport PNP Aviation Security Group Chief, SPO4 Constancio B. Salac identified
the suspect as Albert Saldon Y Bagatua, a resident of Dapitan City but presently
residing in Metro Manila.
He
was the prime suspect of rape case committed 25 years ago in Dapitan City.
Saldon,
36 years old was travelling with his wife and two kids, both girls aging 4 and
5, was about to board on a Cebu Pacific flight bound for Manila on July 26,
2012, when he was apprehended by police authorities inside the Dipolog City
Airport terminal building, at about 12:15PM, Thursday.
Dipolog
City Airport PNPASG Deputy Chief, SPO3 Arturo G. Mante, who served the arrest
warrant, said Saldon admitted to be the person implicated in the rape case and did
not show any sign of resistance when handcuffed in the presence of his family.
He
was apprehended by virtue of the Warrant of Arrest issued by Regional Trial
Court Branch 7 Judge Soledad Acaylar (now retired) for rape in connection with Republic
Act 7160.
The
initial investigation conducted by SPO3 Mante disclosed that Saldon came home to
visit his relatives in Dapitan City and celebrate the patronal fiesta of the
city.
Saldon,
who was identified as the suspect of a rape committed 15 years ago was able to
elude police authorities during that time and went into hiding in Metro Manila
when his warrant of arrest was issued.
After
the arrest, Dipolog City Airport PNPASG immediately turned-over the suspect to
the elements of Dapitan City Police Office who were at the airport when the
arrest warrant was served.
Saldon
is now presently detained at the Dapitan City Police Office detention cell for
proper disposition with no bail bond recommended.(ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)