Woman arrested for theft

A woman who went to a law firm yesterday afternoon under the pretense of securing an affidavit of loss ended up in jail instead after she allegedly stole the shoulder bag of one of the employees there.

Genalyn Tiro, 27, alleged tried to take the bag of Jessica Lomongo, 57, who works at the law firm of Joselito Alo located at the third floor of a building.

But Waterfront police investigator Rene Cerna doubted Tiro's identity saying when he was still assigned at the Fuente police she was also arrested for a similar offense and gave a different name and address.

Cerna said Tiro took the bag of Lomongo, the firm's secretary, while she was busy attending to her tasks. Lomongo discovered that her bag containing P1,180, a pair of earrings and a ring, had been stolen while Tiro was on her way out.

With Tiro out the door, Lomongo alerted the security guard at the ground floor who arrested Tiro as she was about to leave the building.

Cerna said when he was still the investigator of the Fuente Police last year he remembered that Tiro was also jailed for allegedly stealing something somewhere in barangay Capitol Site. - Ryan P. Borinaga