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Annie Perez

<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1715744656267deped.jpeg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo from Juna Dicdican</em></span></span></span></div><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">CEBU — Four students allegedly broke into the principal&#x27;s office of the </span><span dir="ltr">Cawayan Elementary School in Dalaguete town in Cebu and stole laptops, tablets, and some grocery items.</span></div><p>The school principal reported on Tuesday morning that the items were taken from his office. The school caretaker noticed that<span dir="ltr"> the front door of the office had been &quot;forcibly opened,&quot; said PMaj. Kenneth Albotra, o</span>fficer in charge of Dalaguete police.</p><p>Authorities also saw that the wooden braces of the bathroom adjacent to the principal’s office were detached.</p><div><span dir="ltr">Upon assessment, 13 tablets with the Department of Education logo were missing, including 3 blue computer laptops, 3 blue PC tablets, and assorted grocery items.  </span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">Valued at </span><span dir="ltr">P143,000, the items were later </span>abandoned in a <span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">shrubbery area. A</span>uthorities retrieved them hours later <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">with the help of a barangay official. </span></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">They successfully tracked down</span></span><span dir="ltr"> the alleged culprits who are supposedly students at the school. They are all males, with ages between 15 and 17.  </span></div><div><span dir="ltr">The students were positively identified by the Barangay Protection Security Officers who allegedly saw them around the school premises that morning.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"></span><span dir="ltr">The students will not be formally charged with any criminal liability because they are minors. Instead, they are <span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">considered children in conflict with the law for robbery.</span><span dir="ltr"> </span></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">They will be sent to a homecare facility.</span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"></span></span>Albotra said the Department of Social Welfare and Development issued a certificate of discernment that certifies that the minors can already distinguish right from wrong.</span><span dir="ltr"></span><br/></div>

<p>Four students allegedly broke into the principal's office of the Cawayan Elementary School in Dalaguete town in Cebu and stole laptops, tablets, and some grocery items.</p>

Four students allegedly broke into the principal's office of the Cawayan Elementary School in Dalaguete town in Cebu and stole laptops, tablets, and some grocery items.

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Students accused of stealing laptops, tablets from Cebu school

Annie Perez

Published May 15, 2024 12:35 PM PHT

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Updated May 15, 2024 12:48 PM PHT

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