2 nabbed for theft at MRT

MANILA, Philippines - Two men were arrested after they were caught stealing the phone of a television network employee at a Metro Rail Transit station in Quezon City on Friday.

TV 5 news producer Ryan Soyosa, 27, was able to get back his iPhone5 from the suspects who were held by security guards, police said.

Michael dela Cerna, 31, and Fernando Sicsic, 43, both of Barangay Batasan Hills, were arrested and jailed at the Quezon City Police District Station 10 following the incident at the MRT station at Quezon Avenue at past noon.

Police Officer 2 Jason Darriguez said Soyosa, a resident of Pasay City, was getting off the northbound train when the two men and a third pickpocket eyed him. The suspects conspired to nick Soyosa’s phone from the right front pocket of his pants.

Soyosa eventually realized that his earphones, which were connected to his mobile phone, had suddenly gone silent. He sought help from a security guard, who detained Dela Cerna and Sicsic after other passengers identified them as the possible culprits.

Soyosa and the suspects were brought to the MRT station at Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City, where the two confessed to having stolen the victim’s cell phone.