By Hilda Austria/ Philippine News Agency
MANAOAG, Pangasinan – Authorities have arrested the most wanted person in its municipality in Guagua town, Pampanga after seven years of evading the law.
In an interview on Wednesday (Sept. 29), Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Maj. Arturo Melchor Jr. identified the suspect as Manuelito Gamboa, 32, originally from Barangay Lipit Norte in Manaoag town, Pangasinan.
The suspect was arrested under a warrant of arrest issued on Feb. 11, 2014, by Regional Trial Court Judge Efren Tienzo of Branch 49 in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan for a rape case.
“The Manaoag police coordinated with the Guagua police for the arrest of the suspect on Tuesday (Sept. 28) afternoon. The suspect was brought back to Pangasinan Tuesday night,” he said.
Melchor added the suspect had been working as a tricycle driver in Guagua when the Manaoag police got information of his whereabouts. (PNA) – bny
