Colonel Nelson Rosario, spokesman for the Police, said that advances have been made on the case of Frenchman Thierry Deve, owner of a restaurant in Juan Dolio who recently denounced being raped at a Police precinct in San Pedro de Macorís. Rosario said that Deve identified agent Hilton Paredes Rodríguez as whom put a gun to his neck so that another policemen could sodomize him in a bathroom of a San Pedro de Macorís precinct. Deve accuses the agent of being a friend of the owner of the Auto Central car rental, owner of the car in which the businessman crashed and went to the Police. Rosario said that Paredes was expelled from the institution and will face trial. It is expected that Paredes’ arrest will lead to the finding of the rapist. Deve also identified Hector Pidre, the traffic head of the Regional Command of the East, as the officer who extorted him to make an advance payment of RD$5,000 on RD$15,000 he would have to pay to be released from the station after being involved in a car accident on Saturday, 7 October. Colonel Rosario said that investigations would continue. Lawyers of the Embassy of France are preparing the case against Paredes, according to a report in El Siglo. For more information see http://www.dr1.com/daily/news101800.shtml
