Cops nab robber preying on internet cafes
The Philippine Star
Police arrested yesterday a member of a robbery gang reportedly responsible for robbing customers of internet shops in a follow-up operation in Manila.
The suspect was identified as Jenny Boy Gonzales, 22, a Batang City Jail gang member, of Tondo, Manila.
He was positively identified by at least six victims as one of four men who robbed them of cash and belongings while inside an internet station in Sta. Cruz, Manila Monday night, according to Sta. Cruz police station chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula.
Sapitula said Gonzales would initially pretend as a customer of an internet shop while looking for possible victims. Then he would give a signal to his companions waiting outside to barge in. The suspects who were usually armed with guns and knives would lock the shop from the inside before divesting the customers of their cash and valuables.
Sapitula said some of the internet stations the gang has recently struck were the Alsdaif Internet Cafe along Fugoso street., Sta. Cruz and the Fire in a Hole Internet Cafe in Sampaloc, Manila. The gang usually strikes at night, Sapitula said.
Patrons of internet and computer shops which are open till midnight are the favorite victims of robbery gangs. Students, who are mostly their victims, patronize these shops for their school assignments.
Sapitula advised internet shop operators to hire security guards to watch over their places since police are inadequate to secure all the internet shops in the city.
Charges of robbery-holdup were filed against the arrested suspect, while police operatives are now hunting down other members of the gang. – Nestor Etolle
Police arrested yesterday a member of a robbery gang reportedly responsible for robbing customers of internet shops in a follow-up operation in Manila.
The suspect was identified as Jenny Boy Gonzales, 22, a Batang City Jail gang member, of Tondo, Manila.
He was positively identified by at least six victims as one of four men who robbed them of cash and belongings while inside an internet station in Sta. Cruz, Manila Monday night, according to Sta. Cruz police station chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula.
Sapitula said Gonzales would initially pretend as a customer of an internet shop while looking for possible victims. Then he would give a signal to his companions waiting outside to barge in. The suspects who were usually armed with guns and knives would lock the shop from the inside before divesting the customers of their cash and valuables.
Sapitula said some of the internet stations the gang has recently struck were the Alsdaif Internet Cafe along Fugoso street., Sta. Cruz and the Fire in a Hole Internet Cafe in Sampaloc, Manila. The gang usually strikes at night, Sapitula said.
Patrons of internet and computer shops which are open till midnight are the favorite victims of robbery gangs. Students, who are mostly their victims, patronize these shops for their school assignments.
Sapitula advised internet shop operators to hire security guards to watch over their places since police are inadequate to secure all the internet shops in the city.
Charges of robbery-holdup were filed against the arrested suspect, while police operatives are now hunting down other members of the gang. – Nestor Etolle
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