DAGUPAN CITY -- The former vice mayor of Asingan town who has long been hiding from the law for the crime of large-scale estafa finally got collared.
Accordingly, she was first sighted inside the car showroom. But upon the request of the management, the arresting policemen waited for her to step out of the showroom and served the warrant of arrest.
Dagupan Police Chief Romeo Caramat Jr. identified the suspect as Mila Antonio, a private school teacher and a resident of Barangay Domampot, Asingan.
The warrant was issued by Judge Joven Costales of the Urdaneta City Regional Trial Court Branch 45. He recommended no bail for the suspect's temporary liberty.
Antonio was considered one of the most wanted persons in the Ilocos region, with a standing reward.
She was the vice mayor of Asingan town in 2007. She, however, never assumed office nor presided a single session of the Municipal Council, as she had already went into hiding because of the said case.
Allegedly, Antonio was able to convince her victims (mostly from Asingan town) to invest in her real property development business in Urdaneta City.
The amount shelled out by her victims had reached millions since year 2003, yet she had not shown or presented to the victims any update or development about their supposed business transactions
