A POLICEMAN was hurt after he was allegedly punched by a male teenager wanted for theft at a public market in Barangay 1 in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, January 27.
Superintendent Jonel Guadalupe, city police chief, said the suspect identified as Rofell Andrie Sumagaysay, 19, of the said village reportedly hit Police Officer 2 Chris Grandia when the latter served him an arrest warrant issued by Municipal Trial Court in Cities Judge Jose Manuel Lopez.
The court had set bail of P2,000 for his provisional liberty.
Sumagaysay attempted to escape but he was cornered by the police.
Guadalupe said the suspect is facing additional charges for resisting arrest.
He is now detained at the Kabankalan City Police Station. (Christopher Yanson, CHMSC-Talisay intern)