4 Cordillera rape suspects arrested

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Four rape suspects were arrested in a separate operations in Benguet and Kalinga, the Police Regional Office –Cordillera, reported last week.

               Supt. Pelita Tacio, regional information officer, said in La Trinidad, Benguet, police arrested Elmer Bentay, 34, in Barangay Tawang after a 13-year-old female student reported she was abused by the suspect on December 13.

In Mankayan, Benguet, Saturnino Sawey, 60, was likewise arrested while Joven Baban, 56, was arrested in Buguias for rape charges.

Baban was tagged in the rape of a 14-year-old girl on three different occasions last year until August this year.

In Kalinga, Juanito Dollante Jr. was arrested by police for allegedly sexually abusing a minor female last September. He also allegedly threatened to harm the girl and her family members if she fails to keep her ordeal to herself.

              The four suspects will face appropriate charges while under police custody.