Cavite child rape suspect nabbed

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines —A man wanted for the rape of a three-year-old girl in Naic, Cavite in 2008 was arrested at his residence in San Marcelino, Zambales on Sunday, police said.

Lt. Col. Louie Gonzaga, Naic police chief, said the 51-year-old suspect, a glass installer, was listed as the seventh most wanted in Cavite.

Gonzaga said the suspect sexually abused his live-in partner’s daughter at their house in Barangay Palanggue 3 in Naic.

Brig. Gen. Dominic Baccay, Calabarzon police director, said the suspect is the eighth sex offender to be arrested under Oplan Bantay-Dangal.

Meanwhile, the Regional Trial Court Branch 125 in Imus City sentenced Joshua Miguel Gamos to six years and eight months of imprisonment for qualified theft.

The court also ordered Gamos to return the P300,000 to the Legasynch Group of Companies.