BACOLOD City – Charged with rape, a man was arrested in Barangay Roberto S. Benedicto, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.
La Carlota City police head Chief Inspector Romeo Vargas identified the man as the 33-year-old laborer Noel “Amay” Pereyra.
Pereyra, a resident of Barangay Roberto S. Benedicto, faces a rape charge before the Regional Trial Court Branch 96 in Dinalupihan, Bataan province.
He was caught around 4 p.m. on Saturday on the strength of an arrest warrant that Judge Amelita Cruz-Corpuz issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Pereyra was detained at the La Carlota City police station lockup facility, awaiting proper disposition./PN
