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POLICE BRIEFS
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Posted on Jan 09 2001
Traffic violator nabbed after a police chase
Police arrested Ignacio K. Decebel, 47, for 25 counts of traffic violation after a 30-minute island-wide police chase early Saturday morning.
According to DPS Information Officer Rose Ada, a police officer noticed two vehicles that appeared to be racing in Gualo Rai near the traffic intersection at 2:28 a.m. The police officer was able to stop one of the vehicles while the car driven by Mr. Decebel sped away.
The car chase brought several police cars to run after Mr. Decebel to As Matuis then down to As Terlaje, Airport Road, San Antonio Beach Road.
In Chalan Piao, the suspect struck one of the police cars and knocked down a traffic sign. The race went on even if one of the tires of his car got busted. Finally, Mr. Decebel was arrested when he ran into a median at an intersection in Navy Hill.
Two arrested for possession of marijuana
Two boys, one of them a juvenile, were arrested on Jan. 6 at around 10:43 p.m. for illegal possession of marijuana.
DPS spokesperson Rose Ada said a police officer asked the car driven by Suk Hyun Lee to pull over for a traffic violation along Beach Road. As the police officer was interviewing the boys, he saw one of them throw a plastic bag containing the leafy substance which turned out to be marijuana.
Boating Safety responds to distress call
A distress call brought the DPS Boating Safety Division to a rescue mission on Jan. 4, 2000 at around 4:00 p.m. DPS central office received a call from a certain Mr. Dunlop saying they needed assistance as their boat which was in the vicinity of Banzai Cliff was experiencing engine trouble
One of the boat passengers, a certain Mr. Claasens, said they were heading north of Banzai Cliff for spear fishing from Smiling Cove when the engine conked out.
At around 5:00 p.m. the Boating Safety personnel towed them back to Smiling Cove.
