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MANILA, Philippines – A complaint for attempted homicide was filed yesterday against an undersecretary of the office of the presidential chief of staff.
Warrick Evidente of Barangay Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City filed the complaint at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Cubao police station 7 after Renato Ebarle allegedly tried to run him over with his sports utility vehicle. Evidente, a 40-year-old sales executive, said the incident stemmed from a traffic problem.
The Greenhills, San Juan police detachment reported that the incident started at around 9:35 a.m. along 1st Street in Barangay Mariana.
Evidente and his 5-year-old son were about to leave their townhouse aboard a maroon Toyota Corolla (WCU-158) to buy bread when Ebarle’s charcoal gray Toyota Land Cruiser with a 12* license plate in front and RET-565 in the back, suddenly appeared, the report said. Ebarle stepped on the brakes to prevent a collision.
Evidente told the Inquirer that Ebarle started hurling invectives at him and threatened to kill him, adding that he worked in Malacañang.
Evidente said he got his son out of the car and asked a security guard to take him home. As he was about to board his car again, Ebarle stepped on the accelerator, sideswiping his left leg, he said.
Despite an injured leg, Evidente chased Ebarle until they reached the corner of Santolan Road and Ortigas Avenue in San Juan. During the chase, the Land Cruiser allegedly tried to get Evidente’s car off the road.
SPO1 Gerardo Matias, who was aboard San Juan mobile unit 431, noticed the incident and told them to stop. Evidente told him his version of the story. When Matias asked Ebarle to get off his vehicle, the latter reportedly introduced himself as a Malacañang official and said he wanted the case to be brought to PNP chief Director General Avelino Razon in Camp Crame. He handed Matias a business card.
When Matias threatened to charge him with willful disobedience of a person in authority, Ebarle agreed to go to the San Juan Police detachment in Greenhills. Once there, Ebarle reportedly excused himself when his lawyer Ben Dangaso arrived, allegedly promising that the latter would take care of the matter since he had to go to Malacañang.
Matias told the Inquirer he asked the lawyer to wait while he brought the victim to the San Juan Medical Center for examination. When they returned, Dangaso was also gone.
In a telephone interview, Dangaso told the Inquirer he left the station because he knew the incident was outside the jurisdiction of San Juan authorities.
He said his client would file counter-charges against Evidente and the San Juan police for allegedly filing a false report.
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