ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY (Mindanao Examiner / June 17, 2013) – Police arrested a motorcycle taxi driver who attempted to abduct a 17-year old female high school student in the town of Talusan in Zamboanga Sibugay province.
Police said the student managed to flee from Ronald Mendeja, 27, and ran inside a house to sought help.
A policeman, PO2 Ronald Lacay, who was in the house owned by Jeric Bernardo, pursued the driver and arrested him.
The student said she was pleading the driver to let her go and had been screaming to get the attention of villagers until she got the chance to escape when the motorcycle slowed down.
Police is investigating Mendeja. It was not immediately known whether the teen’s family would press charges against the man. (Mindanao Examiner)
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