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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – A city hall security guard has been identified as suspect in stealing a desktop computer and several other items from the annex building of the Bacolod City Government Center.
Peter John Denosta was facing a qualified theft charge.
Denosta admitted to the crime in a letter and was consequently laid off on Thursday, said Executive Assistant Celestino Guara.
A Police Station 4 report indicated that Denosta found the back door of the annex building already open and several items missing upon reporting for his 6 a.m.-to-6 p.m. shift on Monday, when the burglary allegedly happened.
Permits and Licensing Division head Stella Rose Rayos reported the incident to police.
A computer turned over to Barangay 25 acting captain Elizabeth Baker helped the city government identify the culprit, said Guara.
A female Barangay 25 resident who learned about the thievery from the news turned over to Baker a computer she claimed she bought from Denosta.
Baker, in turn, handed over the computer to the city government, Guara said without identifying the resident.
The executive assistant then called the attention of Denosta, a job-order casual at the Public Order and Safety Office.
Denosta admitted to the crime in a confession letter dated Jan. 13, with Wilson Go and Wilfredo Jeolingo signing as witnesses.
“Ako si Peter John Denosta ang naga-ako nga ako ang nagkoha sang pagkabutang nga wala sang nagpwersa sa akon nga tawo nga mag-ako kag ako [willing] gid ko magkoperar nga marekober pa gid ang wala pa na-oli nga ginkoha ko,” he said.
All documents needed for the filing of the qualified theft charge against Denosta were sent to the police, Guara said, adding that he will also investigate and report to Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
Guara believes Denosta was not alone. There were perhaps five of them, said the executive assistant, a retired policeman.
The cost of the stolen computer was P35,000, police said, but the culprit allegedly sold it for only P4,200.
Also stolen were a printer with toner (worth P12,500), an amplifier (P10,000), three long extension cords (P1,500), a short extension cord (P350), a hair iron titanium (P3,500), a box of coffee (P1,000), and three bottles of vitamins (P300).
The computer was one of those the Permits and Licensing Division was using for its Business One-Stop Shop, a shortened system in applying for or renewing business permits from Jan. 3 to 20./PN
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