Kalinga and Benguet Top Most Wanted Person fall

May 17, 2020 Provincial

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Police Regional Office- Cordillera (PROCOR) scored anew in the campaign against wanted persons after arresting Top Most Wanted Persons (TMWP) charged Homicide and Rape in Kalinga and Benguet province.

After almost 10 months of continuous surveillance, the No. 9 TMWP for the 2nd Quarter of CY 2020 of Kalinga province finally landed in jail after he was captured in Bayabat, Dilag, Tabuk City, Kalinga.

OIC-Provincial Director Colonel Davy Vicente Limmong, identified the arrested suspect as Abraham Laguitao Gunnawa, 30, farmer and a resident of Tuliao, Calanan, Tabuk City.

Abraham was charged for the crime of Homicide and Violation of Presidential Decree 705 (Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines) with a recommended bail bond of Php120,000.00 each.

It can be recalled that victims Clinton Lao-ang Serquina (who died upon arrival in the hospital), Ronie Antolin Serquina and Ranny Antolin Serquina were hacked in Tuliao, Calanan, Tabuk City, Kalinga in the afternoon of July 15, 2019 by the suspect.

The other suspects identified as Lino Gunnawa,alias Payason, was arrested on March 9, this year, while Gonzales Gunnawa and Rexam Gunnaw,alias Eyadan were captured on July 15 last year. The motive in the incident is a family feud.

The successful arrest of Gunnawa was made after the implementation of Warrant of Arrest was issued by Judge Jerson E. Angog, Presiding Judge, RTC, 2nd Judicial Region, Branch 25, Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga.

In Benguet, the suspect of a rape case, tagged as the No. 1 TMWP in the province of Benguet for the first quarter of 2019 was eventually arrested in Ampasit, Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet.

Provincial Director Police Colonel Elmer Ragay, identified the arrested suspect as Jhony Manman Abance, 31, farmer, and a boarder of Ampasit, Puguis La Trinidad, Benguet.

Abance was charged for three counts of Rape after he raped a 16 year old student inside his boarding house on October 19, 2018.

Abance’s Warrant of Arrest was issued by Judge Marietta S. Brawner-Cualing, presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 9, Family Court for Benguet Province, La Trinidad Benguet.

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