MANILA, Philippines — The policeman who allegedly tried extorting money from the son of National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina has fled his home.
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Chief Superintendent Mario Dela Vega said yesterday that SPO4 Jose dela Peña was not at his Quezon City home when police came to look for him following his alleged extortion attempt on Espina's son.
He said the house was found locked up as Dela Peña is believed to have fled with his family after the extortion try.
Police said Dela Peña was not married and lives with his mother in Quezon City.
They said Dela Peña’s mother refused to accept the police notice addressed to his son to answer allegations he tried to extort money from Espina’s son.
Apart from the latest case Espina’s son, Dela Peña was found to have been the subject of seven other administrative cases since 2006, including two alleged robbery-extortion incidents.
According to records of the Quezon City Police District’s (QPD) Pre-Charge Evaluation Office which handles investigations of administrative charges against police officers, Dela Peña has a pending case of grave misconduct case for allegedly taking P7,000 from a 25-year-old man last May 21.
The male complainant said that he and his girlfriend were aboard a car along Panay Avenue when Dela Peña appeared and threatened to bring them to jail and charge them with grave scandal for “necking and petting.”
The complainant said he was forced to give P7,000 to Dela Peña to let them go.
On the evening of September 4, Espina’s 22-year-old son had a similar experience when he was accosted by Dela Peña while stopped along Hemady Street. The policeman allegedly threatened to charge Espina’s son with having “phone sex” inside the car.
When he later learned that the young man was the son of the new NCRPO chief, the policeman fled and has not reported to the QCPD’s Mobile Patrol Unit (MPU) since.
Dela Peña was with his partner PO2 Resty del Rosario when they he allegedly tried extorting Espina’s son. Del Rosario appeared on Thursday afternoon before the Pre-Charge Evaluation office and was brought before Espina yesterday morning.
According to police records, Dela Pena had faced a grave misconduct case in 2006 for alleged robbery-extortion. The case was eventually dropped.
He also faced cases for failure to execute lawful orders in 2011; grave neglect of duty, 2009; grave misconduct for being impolite and discourteous, 2007; grave threats and physical injuries, 2007; and simple neglect of duty, 2007.
Of the seven cases against the missing policeman, three had been dropped and closed while one ended up with Dela Pena getting admonished.
In one of the cases still case undergoing summary dismissal hearings, Dela Pena got into a confrontation with the son-in-law of a former congressman on December 3, 2009.
The policeman flagged down the vehicle of the lawmaker's son-in-law which bore an "8" license plate. The complainant alleged that the policeman was "arrogant, bullying and rude" to him before they were finally let off. Dela Pena was relieved from the QCPD and transferred to the NCRPO in 2009 after this incident.
In the case where he got admonished, Dela Pena was also charged with soliciting political patronage in 2007 from a former Quezon City councilor who wrote the QCPD director and asked for the policeman's transfer from a police precinct to the MPU.
Re: 2 cops in extort try on NCRPO chief's son!
Originally Posted by SPRINGFIELD_XD_40
. . leksyon ni sa mga corrupt nga police.. tagam na ang ubang police ani bah.,
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