A woman was arrested in a local police operation after selling her baby online in Davao del Norte.
Authorities first received information that someone was allegedly selling the baby through Facebook.
One of the Tagum Police staff met with the person who pretended to buy the baby for P200,000.
The suspect was the mother of the one-year-old victim.
According to Police Major Joselito Tan Jr., the chief of Tagum Police, the suspect even resisted when the police arrested her.
She also said there was no reason to sell the child.
The suspect was immediately arrested and scheduled to be charged with violation of Republic Act 10364 or Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act and Republic Act 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.
The baby is now in the custody of social workers, and the investigation into the child’s identity is ongoing.
Man arrested after threatening to spread nude photos of girlfriend
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Malolos City, Bulacan, after allegedly threatening his 22-year-old girlfriend that he would spread nude photos of her.
According to Police Lt. Nelvin Ricohermoso, chief of the Region 3 Anti-Cybercrime Unit, the suspect alias Dale agreed that the victim alias Roxanne would pay him in exchange for not exposing the photos. It was here that the suspect was caught in an entrapment operation.
The college victim didn’t think her one-week-old boyfriend would do this to her on a dating app.
“Unang-una po kasi niyang pakilala sa’kin, isa siyang sweet person, na gusto niyang magka-seryosong relasyon, at maayos naman po siyang kausap nu’ng una,” said Roxanne.
“Ang alam ko lang po ’pag nagagalit siya, or kapag nag-aaway po kami, ’yun ’yung panakot niya, na ikakalat niya daw po ’yung mga malalaswang litrato ko at ’yung mga videos po na nasa kaniya.”
A cellphone containing sensitive photos and videos of the victim was confiscated from the suspect.
The suspect, who is scheduled to face charges of violating the anti-photo and video voyeurism act of 2009, violence against women and their children, grave coercion, and robbery-extortion linked to the Cybercrime Prevention Act 2012, did not give a statement.
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