The Police have dismissed five officers and a sergeant accused of accepting a RD$25,000 bribe from Brayan Peter Felix Paulino, who was arrested in San Cristobal on 12 December 2016 but allowed to go free.
Those dismissed are Carlos Lachapelle Asencio and Ricardo Andújar Jaspe, First Lieutenant Severo Javier Turbí; Second Lieutenants Miguel Corporán Tiburcio and Santo Martínez de los Santos and Sergeant Juan Carlos Jiménez.
The report stated that Félix Paulino and his accomplice, Frankeli Pilar Rosario, were arrested in a black jeep that sped away from the scene. According to Reybin David Corporan Adames (Culebra or Mecanico), an occupant of the vehicle that fled was John Emilio Percival Matos, who was later killed by the police. It was thought the men were planning another robbery.
According to the investigation, a patrol comprised of Privates Isaac Corporan Florencio and Luis Gabriel Cleto Manon, were alerted by the owner of a boutique about the presence of suspicious characters. The officers arrived at the scene and arrested a man, Felix Paulino, who identified himself as Víctor Alfonso Mendez.
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El Nacional
18 January 2017
