Man duping applicants to PNP nabbed

An ex-policeman who has been charging police applicants P10,000 each for direct entry into the Philippine National Police (PNP) was arrested in an entrapment yesterday morning just outside Camp Crame.
Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) nabbed ex-policeman Danilo Medina of 303-B Santolan Road, Quezon City, while he was about to receive marked money from police-applicant Acelo Trinidad.

Following his arrest, Medina’s other illegal activities was exposed after he was tagged by several witnesses as the same guy who victimized them at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Trinidad told Chief Superintendent Nestorio Gualberto, CIDG director, that Medina, who introduced himself as an active policeman, approached him to recently at Camp Crame and offered to assist him gain entry into the PNP.

According to Trinidad, the offer of help was accompanied by the suspect’s asking for P10,000, and a promise that his name would be automatically included in the roster of new police recruits who will take their oath at Camp Vicente Lim in Laguna today.

Convinced, Trinidad claimed that he initially paid the suspect P6,000 with the promise that the balance will be settled after he takes his police oath.

But yesterday, Trinidad unmasked the suspect’s illegal activity and immediately reported the matter to the CIDG. – Jaime Laude

Medina, when interviewed, openly admitted the accusation being attributed him saying "nagawa ko ito dahil sa kawalan (I did it because I have nothing)."

But the ex-policeman’s trouble appeared to have not ended at the CIDG. Several witnesses tagged him as the same guy who promised them passing grades at the PRC examination in exchange for a P1,000 each. – Jaime Laude