2 bolt Rizal jail

Taking advantage of typhoon "Glenda," two inmates destroyed the iron grills of their cell and escaped unnoticed by the lone policeman guarding them in San Mateo, Rizal last Monday.

Senior Superintendent Freddie Panen, Rizal police director, ordered the filing of negligence charges against PO1 Cerilo Bantelo, who was on duty when Alubert Sevilla, 18, and Jarimias Cruz, 28, bolted the municipal jail.

Sevilla is charged with robbery, and Cruz with theft.

Panen said Bantelo was left alone in the town jail because his colleagues were involved in an operation.

Bantelo discovered the escape of the two inmates only when he made the rounds at about 3:30 a.m. last Monday.

He immediately reported the incident to his superiors.