Jose Rafael Taveras Grullon, a 27 year old resident of Villa Mella who was the driver of a pick up used to transport money in the East Coast for the La Confianza securities distribution company, turned himself in to the police yesterday. Taveras reportedly ran off with RD$16 million that he was transporting when his two fellow guards stopped to drop off money at a Banco Popular branch in La Otra Banda, on the outskirts of Higuey. The pick up was later found abandoned. Jose Rafael’s father, Rafael Taveras Salazar had told the press that it was unlikely that his son would run off with the money. He said that his son had been on medical leave when the company called him back urgently to make the delivery.