CONNER, Apayao – A 64-yeard old farmer was arrested by combined police operatives during the service of his warrant of arrest at Guinamgaman here around 10 pm Monday
Senior Superintendent Cherry Fajardo, public information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in the Cordillera, arrested the rape susect as Ricardo Tumbaga, Sr., 64, married, farmer and a resident of barangay Guinamgaman, Conner, Apayao.
He was arrested on the strength of a warraint issued by Judge Francisco S. Donato of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 26 in Luna, Apayao for the crime of rape with no bail recommended.
Tumbaga was brought to the Conner Municipal Police Station by the members of the arresting team for proper documentation prior to his turnover to the issuing court for the proper disposition of his case.