BATANGAS -- A 56-year-old tour guide was arrested by police for two counts of rape and three counts of lascivious conduct on Wednesday morning Feb. 22 in San Juan town, this province.
Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) report identified the suspect as Edelito Javier, a resident of the said town.
The warrant of arrest against Javier was issued on April 5, 2022 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 87 in Rosario, Batangas.
The warrant was served by the joint operatives of Provincial Intelligence Unit-Batangas, Regional Intelligence Division 4A-Regional Intelligence Team Batangas, and 403rd-A Maneuver Company-Regional Mobile Force Battalion-4A around 9:45 in the morning of Wednesday.
Based on BPPO reports, the suspect allegedly raped the victim, then a Grade 8 student, sometime on Aug. 14, 2022, when the victim’s mother who is the suspect’s girlfriend, was not around.
The report added that the crime started in 2018.
The suspect was tagged as the most wanted person at the regional level of Police Regional Office 4A.
“Ang pagkakaaresto sa suspek ay bunga ng pakikiisa ng mga mamamayan sa adhikain ng PNP na mahuli ang mga wanted persons upang mapanagot sila sa mga krimeng ginawa at ang Batangas PPO ay patuloy sa mandato na ipatupad ang batas at siguraduhin ang kaligtasan ng mamamayan”, (The arrest of the suspect is the result of the cooperation of the community in the PNP's quest to catch the wanted persons so that they can be held accountable for the crimes they committed and the Batangas PPO continues its mandate to enforce the law and ensure the safety of the people),” said Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba.