A rookie policeman is facing investigation for allegedly harassing a call center agent over a Facebook post about him.
P01 Juanito Libres Jr., of Casuntingan Police Station in Mandaue City, was allegedly drunk when he went to the boarding house of June Nadine Paradero in the barangay.
Paradero said she was inside when the policeman suddenly stoned the house.
When she stepped outside to check, Libres allegedly choked her and expressed anger over a Facebook post which the policeman believed was about him.
Libres’ girlfriend earlier read the post, which triggered a lovers’ quarrel.
Paradero went to the Police Regional Office (PRO-7), to file a complaint for misconduct.
Both parties went to the Investigation and Detection Management Branch (IDMB) of the Mandaue City Police Office to settle the matter but the woman was determined to pursue a formal complaint.
Supt. Michael Anthony Bastes, chief of the IDMB, said there was no witness to prove the harassment took place.
PO1 Libres, in a phone interview, also said the accusation against him was fabricated.
After last Monday’s incident, Paradero said she went to the Casuntingan Police Station to have the incident recorded in the station’s blotter but she was told to report it to the barangay.
She also went to the Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Mandaue police and was referred to the IDMB.
Unsatisfied with the manner the Mandaue police handled her grievance, the woman decided to go to the PRO-7 headquarters to file a complaint against Libres
Supt. Henry Binas, head of the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Branch (RIDMB), said he will conduct a pre-charge investigation.
If there is enough basis to proceed with a full-scale investigation, Libres may face summary dismissal proceedings, he said.