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Victim’s two sons are also arrested
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Posted on Dec 15 2011
By Ferdie de la Torre
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Police arrested on Tuesday afternoon the two sons of the 70-year-old man who was allegedly assaulted by three men along a road in Dandan.
Police said that brothers Ernie Matagolai Dejillas, 24, and Yonnie Matagolai Dejillas, 28, were arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon and disturbing the peace.
Detective Raymond B. Borja said police investigation showed that during the same incident, Ernie Dejillas chased 23-year-old Jerome Norita with a machete, while Yonnie Dejillas tried to run over Jerome Norita’s 48-year-old father, Juan Norita.
At yesterday’s hearing, Superior Court associate judge Joseph James N. Camacho imposed a $500 cash bail each for the Dejillas brothers. Preliminary hearing will be on Dec. 22 at 9am.
Juan and Jerome Norita were arrested shortly after the incident, but both were subsequently released upon posting $16,250 each in unsecured bond.
Juan and Jerome Norita and another unidentified man allegedly beat up the 70-year-old Pantaleon P. Dejillas and his son, Ernie Dejillas, along Flame Tree Road in Dandan on Dec. 2, 2011 at 7:19am. The older Dejillas sustained a fractured left jaw.
The OAG said that Pantaleon De Jillas had just been involved in an accident and had stopped to help a girl that he had hit with his pickup truck.
Juan and Jerome Norita allegedly came and began punching and kicking the old man.
As Ernie Dejillas approached to help his father, the defendants allegedly began hurling pieces of cinder block at him. One piece of the cinder block hit Ernie Dejillas in the ear, cutting him.
Subsequent police investigation, however, showed that brothers Dejillas also attacked Juan and Jerome Norita.
