BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a barangay official wanted for murder in Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, December 13.
Police identified the suspect as Barangay Nataban Kagawad (councilor) Joel Ramas, 53.
Ramas is the city’s most wanted person, according to Police Lt. Col. Jesus Mesahon Jr., San Carlos police chief.
The suspect’s arrest warrant was issued by acting Presiding Judge Reginald Mercurio Fuentebella of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 59 in San Carlos City on December 1.
Ramas allegedly shot and killed his cousin due to a land dispute in 2010.
The suspect filed a motion in court to reduce the case from murder to homicide to enable him to post bail.
However, the court sentenced him for murder. No bail was granted to the suspect under the arrest warrant.
Police are awaiting a court order to enable them to move the suspect to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).