BACOLOD City – A police officer here was criminally charged for evasion through negligence following Friday’s predawn escape of a detainee from the lockup facility of Police Station 2.
Police Staff Sergeant Luduvico Dela Raya, duty jailer of the said police station, was charged for the offense before the City Prosecutor’s Office. He posted an P18,500 bail bond for his temporary liberty.
Dela Raya was on duty when 36-year-old James Brisuela of Barangay 3, an illegal drug suspect, fled the facility around 3:40 a.m.
Major Sherlock Gabana, Polilce Station 2 chief, said Brisuela used a wood covered with cloth to cut a portion of the jail’s steel bar to escape from the detention cell.
Brisuela surrendered to Colonel Henry Biñas, Bacolod City Police Office director, the following day, through the help of a local radio station.
Brisuela was previously arrested for an illegal drug offense on May 4. He requested to be placed under the custody of Police Station 1 because of fear from his co-detainees at Police Station 2, following his escape.
Biñas said that Dela Raya and other duty personnel at the time, including Gabana will be subject to investigation.
“Gabana is part of the investigation kag kon makita nga nagpabaya sya, he will be liable. We have to investigate what was Gabana has been before and after the incident knowing that he has so much accomplishments in his work resulting to the apprehension of big amount of illegal drugs,” Biñas added./PN
