ILOILO City – Charged with child abuse, a woman was nabbed in Barangay Poblacion East, Oton, Iloilo.
The 37-year-old Margie Rivera, a resident of the village, was caught on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Juana Judita Panigbatan-Nafarrete of the Regional Trial Court Branch 30, a police report showed.
Officers from the municipal police station staged the arrest around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the report added.
Rivera faces a charge for violation of Republic Act 7610, or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.
She was detained in the lockup cell of the Oton police station.
The court recommended an P80,000 bail bond for her temporary liberty./PN
