By Jennifer P. Rendon
A former policeman in Iloilo accused of raping his household helper a decade ago was arrested in Pampanga noon of January 8.
Members of the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group caught 58-year-old Leonardo Soberano at his new home in No. 863, corner Diamond and Petal Streets, Barangay San Agustin, San Fernando City, Pampanga.
The PNP said Soberano was collared on the strength of arrest warrants for separate crimes of rape issued by Judge Antonio Natino of the Regional Trial Court Branch 26, Iloilo City and attempted homicide lodge before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Iloilo City.
Operatives of AKG Visayas Field Office had been tailing Soberano’s tracks all the way to Luzon until he was caught after more than 10 years.
The suspect went AWOL (absent without official leave) in 2010 after the court issued an arrest warrant for allegedly raping his 18-year-old helper.
Soberano yielded a caliber .45 Norinco pistol and an airsoft electric gun.
He will be brought back to Iloilo for the proper disposition of his cases. (With reports from PNP-PIO)
