Homicide suspect falls after 9 years in hiding
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A 41-year-old farmer wanted for the crime of homicide was arrested Tuesday afternoon at Barangay Buenavista, Dueñas, Iloilo after 9 years in hiding. Rogelio Hitalia did not resist when the police served an arrest warrant at his house. Roxas City Regional Trial Court Branch 19 Judge Esperanza

By Felipe V. Celino

By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A 41-year-old farmer wanted for the crime of homicide was arrested Tuesday afternoon at Barangay Buenavista, Dueñas, Iloilo after 9 years in hiding.
Rogelio Hitalia did not resist when the police served an arrest warrant at his house.
Roxas City Regional Trial Court Branch 19 Judge Esperanza Isabel E. Poco-Deslate issued the warrant on January 30, 2012.
The court recommended a P40,000 bail for his temporary liberty.
Hitalia was alleged involved in a homicide case in Dumarao, Capiz. He fled after the case was filed.
He is presently detained at the Dumarao Municipal Police Station.
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