Police major who allegedly shot a company driver in Cabanatuan City surrenders
PANGASINAN – A police major allegedly involved in a shooting incident in Nueva Ecija voluntarily surrendered to Colonel Richmond l. Tadina, provincial director of Pangasinan Provincial Office, inside Camp Antonio U Sison in this province.
Major Antonino B. Cuaresma, nicknamed Abu, was assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Genevieve B. Poblete, chief of police of Binmaley PNP, as he submitted himself to Colonel Tadina on Wednesday on the prodding of fellow policemen.
Cuaresma, a PNP member assigned at Binymaley Pangasinan PPO, allegedly shot Jonathan Fernandez a.k.a. Ramon, 38, a company driver of Joyce Ice Cream in Cabanatuan City and a resident of Barangay Lagare, Cabanatuan City.
The shooting incident happened on April 29 along Cabanatuan-Carmen road, Purok Dau, Brgy. Pamaldan, in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.
The Pangasinan police said that murder and serious illegal detention charges against Maj. Cuaresma were already referred to the Prosecutor's Office in Cabanatuan City.
The preliminary investigation by Cabanatuan City Police Station, Nueva Ecija PPO, PRO3, has been set.
When Colonel Tadina and Chief of Police of Binmaley PNP learned about the involvement of Cuaresma in the incident, they tried reaching him through cellular phone and were able to convince him to surrender to shed light on the incident.
Cuaresma also surrendered for safekeeping his PNP-issued firearm unit Cal. 9mm Pietro Beretta with serial number M14933Z with two magazines and (50) pieces of live ammunition.
He was also relieved from Binmaley Police and reassigned to Provincial Personnel Holding Administration Unit (PPHAU) effective May 4, 2022 and placed under custody of Pangasinan PPO.