Operatives from the Manila Police District–Police Station 12 arrested a teacher who allegedly threatened a boy student to keep quiet about what he witnessed inside a school comfort room in Tondo, Manila.
The suspect, a 52-year-old teacher at Torres High School on Juan Luna Street in Barangay 174, Tondo, is now detained at MPD-PS 12.
He was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued by Presiding Judge Maria Lorenza Barias-Siosana of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 38 dated December 11, 2014, with recommended bail set at P120,000.
A 12-year-old boy told police he saw the suspect molesting a young girl inside the comfort room. The teacher allegedly noticed him watching, chased him, and cornered him.
The boy said the suspect threatened to feed him cockroaches and kill him if he reported the incident. The suspect denied the accusations as police continue their investigation.
