2004News

Police update

The Police arrested a third suspect in the shooting of Second Lieutenant Heriberto Espaillat Castillo, still in serious condition, and the killings of hardware store owner Abundio Polanco and watchman Rafael de Jesus Grullon in Cabarete, Puerto Plata, and Las Terrenas. Regarding Luis Antonio Paredes Calcano (a.k.a. Karico), the Police confirmed that he already had been arrested five times in the past for serious crimes. The Police have also revealed that they learned the identity of the fourth suspect, known only as El Gringo, and have asked that he turn himself in peacefully. Previously, the Police had identified and arrested Santos and Gerson Kelly, of Samana, as the assailants of a German couple and the ones who wounded the lieutenant. The Police had asked their family to tell them to surrender but the suspects evaded capture in Las Terrenas and went to Cabarete where they assaulted the tourist couple and wounded the police officer. They were hunted down and captured when they tried to ride a bus in Sabana de Yasica, Puerto Plata.