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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Executive Assistant Celestino Guara believes the Permits and Licensing Division (PLD) must file a case against the security guard accused of stealing a computer and several other items at city hall.
Guara said he will recommend to PLD head Stela Rose Rayos that they file a qualified theft charge against Peter John Denosta.
The computer Denosta allegedly stole and sold to a female resident of Barangay 25 was one of those the PLD was using for the Business One-Stop Shop at the Bacolod City Government Center. It went missing along with several other accessories on Jan. 9.
Denosta was a job-order casual security guard under the city government’s Public Order and Safety Office. He was laid off on Jan. 12 after admitting to the crime.
In a Police Station 4 report, Rayos said Denosta found the back door of the annex building already open and several items missing upon reporting for his 6 a.m.-to-6 p.m. shift on the day the burglary happened.
A computer turned over to Barangay 25 acting captain Elizabeth Baker helped the city government identify the culprit, said Guara.
A female Barangay 25 resident who learned about the thievery from the news turned over to Baker a computer she claimed she bought from Denosta. Baker, in turn, handed over the computer to city hall.
The cost of the stolen computer was P35,000, police said, but the culprit allegedly sold it for only P4,200.
Denosta admitted to the crime in a confession letter dated Jan. 13.
Guara believed Denosta was not alone. There were perhaps five of them, said the retired policeman./PN
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