ILOILO City – A rape suspect who escaped from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) office in Mandurriao district on March 6 was rearrested on Sunday in Barangay Agta, Leon, Iloilo.
The 40-year-old Aldren Balintong was a resident of Barangay Cadagmayan Norte, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. He was caught at around 12:30 p.m. in the house of his sister-in-law Teresita Cabanero.
He tried to run away, said Police Major James Dogao, CIDG-Iloilo chief.
An informant alerted CIDG of Balintong’s whereabouts, said Dogao.
Balintong escaped from the CIDG office Friday last week at around 10 p.m. via an open window some 12 hours after he was served with an arrest warrant for rape (three counts; no bail recommended) in Barangay Ban-ag, Santa Barbara.
He did not want to be jailed again, he said after his re-arrest yesterday.
Balintong said he was once jailed in Taguig City, Metro Manila./PN
