Jaworski son wants charges dropped

MANILA, Philippines - Ryan Jaworski, the 40-year-old son of former senator and basketball legend Robert Jaworski, yesterday asked the Makati City prosecutor’s office to drop the criminal charges filed against him by the police in connection with his alleged gunrunning case.

Jaworski sought a separate probe by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of the shooting incident in Makati City on Sept. 19. 

Jaworski, through his lawyers Richard Nethercott and Terence John Awang, argued that the sting operation conducted by operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office Regional Police Intelligence Operations Units (RPIOU) was illegal.

He said the entrapment was conducted based on reports that he was offering an unlicensed M4 rifle for sale.

He said the firearm, which he intended to sell was a licensed Benelli M4 Super 90 shotgun.

Jaworski said he did not fire at the RPIOU agents during the operation.

“He was unarmed and he tested negative for gunpowder nitrates,” Jaworski’s lawyers said.

Jaworski, in his motion, said that no hot pursuit occurred as claimed by the police.