6.16.09
DARAGA, Albay – At least five unidentified armed burglars barged into the Governor’s Mansion of the President’s Economic Adviser Joey Salceda, in Daraga town, Albay, before dawn Monday, a police official said.
Superintendent Antonio J. Freyra, Daraga police chief said the caretakers of the mansion were in a deep sleep when the thieves forcibly entered at the back doors of Salceda’s home in Barangay (village) Peñafrancia in Daraga town at around 1:45 a.m.
However, Governor Salceda was in abroad during the robbery incident.
According to Freyra, Richard Mapa, 17, a houseboy of Salceda was tied in a post by the suspects, who wear masks to cover their identities, carting away their personal belongings, two Nokia cellphones (N70 and 1600) and P4,600.
On the other hand, the two house maids – Elmer Samper, 29 and his wife Jonalyn, 20 of Barangay (village) Gabon, Polangui, Albay were also inside the house when the harassment happened, said Freyra.
Freyra added that the suspects carried a 357 caliber pistol when they were confiscating those personal belongings and cash.
According to the witnesses, dogs were making noises at the front gate while door screens were being destroyed by the thieves, he added.
“The rain had just stopped during the crime scene so some suspects fled on foot, but found a single slipper on the grassy areas that belongs to one of them,” Freyra said.
Initial investigation disclosed that footprints on muddy grounds were traced by the police operatives
“We cannot deny that anybody can be a victim of crime,” he told local reporters.
Investigators have not yet ascertained the motives of the raid. Johana Vi E. Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
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