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2 LC gov’t employees face theft raps

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By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter

Laoag City—The city’s police arrested two employees of the Laoag City government detailed at the city engineering office on Nov. 22, 2014 for allegedly stealing fuel from a city government vehicle.

The two employees were identified as Valentine Agcaoili, 29, single of Brgy. 30-B Sta. Maria and Devid Melchor, 35, single and also a resident of 30-A Suyo, both are operators of heavy equipment of the city government.

City police chief P/Supt. Jeffrey T. Gorospe said that the employees were caught in the act of stealing diesel fuel intended for the heavy equipment at the city landfill.

Mr. Gorospe said that elements of his station immediately conducted an intensified follow up investigation after they received numerous reports purportedly about stealing fuel and that the two were arrested at the secluded area particularly at the eastern portion of the sanitary landfill while in the act of stealing and at same time selling it to a male person identified as Carlito Aprecio of Brgy. Suyo, Dingras, Ilocos Norte.

Recovered from the suspects were 8 plastic vessels containing 20 liters per vessel of diesel petroleum placed in a motorcycle equipped with private sidecar owned by Mr. Aprecio.

City administrator and acting mayor at the time Cirpirano Hilarion “Perry” Martinez III considers the incident as a very serious matter. He stressed that the employees will be subjected to a hearing at the Disciplinary and Separation Board (DSB) for administrative cases.

As per instruction of Laoag mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas, Mr. Martinez said gasoline slips for the city engineering office will be transferred and issued at the city mayor’s office as an immediate measure for the meantime.

City fiscal Lourdes Layugan said the suspects were charged with qualified theft which was immediately filed at the Regional Trial Court.

Ms. Layugan said each of them were recommended a P40,000.00 bail bond.


As this developed, Mr. Gorospe said that Mr. Agcaoili and Mr. Melchor availed of the bail bond for their temporary liberty while the cases is going on for criminal case and administrative case by the city government.
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