The Military Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense (J2) announced the arrest on Wednesday, 17 May 2017, of Pedro José Gutiérrez Nova for posing as a police mayor general. Gutiérrez is the son of member of the Political Committee of the PLD, Euclides Gutiérrez Felix. He was arrested in Pantoja, in northern Santo Domingo, together with six other persons dressed as police.
The Ministry of Defense members seized two vehicles, a firearm, and other attire identifying them as police. Gutiérrez Nova was stopped by police while driving a vehicle in Pantoja and was found wearing a uniform and insignia of major general.
Also arrested were Manuel Fernández, Edward Méndez Jiménez, Francisco Javier De la Nieve, Faustina Valentín Díaz and José Aneudy Pichardo Gil, all in police attire.
Somos Pueblo online news portal reports that it is not the first time Gutiérrez Nova had been arrested for posing as police officer. On 28 January 2016, he was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm and posing as a military officer. And previously, on 3 September 2015, prosecutors called for his arrest for trafficking in firearms. In August 2006, he was sent to custody for assaulting several persons in Gazcue.
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