28 September 2005
Wanted man snared by cops enforcing ‘no-plate, no travel’
SAN CARLOS CITY – The most wanted man in this city who has been involved in cattle rustling, carnaping, holdup and other crimes, along with his two cohorts, accidentally fell into a dragnet set up by police last Tuesday night while the latter were enforcing the ‘no plate, no travel’ policy.
Arrested was Rey Quitaleg of Balite Sur in San Carlos City, tagged by the police as the leader of a group of dreaded criminal elements operating in San Carlos City and other parts of central Pangasinan.
When brought to the city prosecutor’s office for inquest, along with two other suspects, Daniel Evangelito, 24, and Ramon Bacani, 34, Quitaleg introduced himself by another name, prompting prosecutors to suspect something amiss about him.
Evangelito was driving the motorcycle while Bacani and Quitaleg were the back riders. Bacani had a bolo placed in scabbard, a knife, two pliers and a disposable lighter placed in a bag.
Had Quitaleg not tried to conceal his identity, they could have already been released as one of them had a document to support ownership of the motorcycle they were riding on.
Sensing something doubtful about him, the prosecutors immediately called Supt. and Police Chief Geronimo Reside who sent in his warrant officer and who promptly identified Quitaleg as having standing warrants of arrest for carnapping and cattle rustling.
Reside said the Quitaleg group usually moves as a foursome and wondered what may have happened to their other companion.
The group could be the remnants of the dreaded Quitaleg gang of Urbiztondo town that was involved in the kidnapping of a rich matron from Carmen, Rosales, Pangasinan a few years ago.
Some of the members of this group, including their leader, were however later killed in a shoot-out somewhere in Tarlac with agents of the Presidential Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER) team.
Reside said the group of Rey Quitaleg was positively identified as the one responsible for the holdup of a family in San Carlos City in the early morning of June 22 this year where they carted away cash and jewelry estimated at some P500,000.
A case of robbery in band has just been filed against the suspects.
Arrested was Rey Quitaleg of Balite Sur in San Carlos City, tagged by the police as the leader of a group of dreaded criminal elements operating in San Carlos City and other parts of central Pangasinan.
When brought to the city prosecutor’s office for inquest, along with two other suspects, Daniel Evangelito, 24, and Ramon Bacani, 34, Quitaleg introduced himself by another name, prompting prosecutors to suspect something amiss about him.
Evangelito was driving the motorcycle while Bacani and Quitaleg were the back riders. Bacani had a bolo placed in scabbard, a knife, two pliers and a disposable lighter placed in a bag.
Had Quitaleg not tried to conceal his identity, they could have already been released as one of them had a document to support ownership of the motorcycle they were riding on.
Sensing something doubtful about him, the prosecutors immediately called Supt. and Police Chief Geronimo Reside who sent in his warrant officer and who promptly identified Quitaleg as having standing warrants of arrest for carnapping and cattle rustling.
Reside said the Quitaleg group usually moves as a foursome and wondered what may have happened to their other companion.
The group could be the remnants of the dreaded Quitaleg gang of Urbiztondo town that was involved in the kidnapping of a rich matron from Carmen, Rosales, Pangasinan a few years ago.
Some of the members of this group, including their leader, were however later killed in a shoot-out somewhere in Tarlac with agents of the Presidential Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER) team.
Reside said the group of Rey Quitaleg was positively identified as the one responsible for the holdup of a family in San Carlos City in the early morning of June 22 this year where they carted away cash and jewelry estimated at some P500,000.
A case of robbery in band has just been filed against the suspects.
