Media man’s son robbed

DAGUPAN CITY – A son of a political columnist here was robbed near the gate of the City National High School by two men while he was bound walking to his home nearby.

ZJ Rosario Ortigoza, 23, said that around 8:30 pm Wednesday after a brief chat with a friend near the Total Gas Station in Barangay Amado Tapuac here  and while he was walking home, a five feet four inches medium built guy grabbed his back shoulder and declared the robbery in a hurried and threatening voice.

BAD GUYS – Two of the robbers, caught by a security camera, run toward Perez Boulevard after robbing last April 25 the son of a media man in Dagupan City near the City National High School while he was walking home after a jog around the city. A crew of a cafe shop nearby said there were a lot of robberies that ensued in the area since early this year but the victims chose not to report to the police.

The culprit, clad in a black dress and red short pants, locked his neck with his left hand while his right hand pointed a long knife to his lower right torso while the other companion wearing a white tee shirt faced Ortigoza.

The victim had a bruised on his right elbow from the knife of the malefactor.

“(A)nd declared hold-up ordering the victim to give his cell-phone J7 Core Samsung colored grey worth Php 9,990 with Sim No. 09330204421 with earphone attached to the suspects companion, thereafter suspects immediately ran toward Perez Boulevard,” a police blotter certification documented.

"After they threatened and left me I ran toward the police substation a few yards near I was held up but there were no cops manning it," he deplored.

Ortigoza is the eldest son of Mortz Ortigoza a political columnist of this newspaper.

According to the responding police officers PO3 Narvasa, PO2 Guiling, and P01 Doctolero, since January this year there was no robbery incident in this city.

 The father of the victim calls the  police under Chief of Police Supt. Jandale Sulit to haunt down the culprits as they could kill other victims who would be resisting in giving their valuables to these robbers.

Sources, through the sleuthing of Ortigoza, said that these hold uppers hang around the overpass near the city high school or nearby waiting for their prey who did not report the incidents to the police.
"First week of this month a guy was held up near the overpass by three guys using the same modus operandi where they used a knife in getting the mobile phone of the victim. Marami na po na ho-hold up diyan hindi lang nag re-report sa police," the crew of a cafe shop, who asked for anonymity, said.

Without any more assistance from the police a day after the heist, the victim was able to get some video footage of the robbers running to the Perez Area.