VICE GOV’S SON VS JOAVAN 11/29/2010
Car windshield smashed over P20T debt
By Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Reporter
Joavan Fernandez got a taste of street justice when his vehicle’s windshield was smashed outside his house in Talisay City at Saturday dawn.
The attack was a reminder to pay his debt of P20,000.
An angry Leodegreco Sanchez, son of Cebu Vice Gov. Gregorio Sanchez Jr., led a group of 12 persons to the residence of the adopted son of Talisay Mayor Socrates Fernandez in barangay Bulacao, Talisay City [ast 2 a.m. to demand payment.
They knocked on Joavan’s door, but the 26-year-old didn’t show himself.
The visitors then smashed the windshield of Joavan's red Isuzu Trooper or Bighorn.
“Maningil lang unta ko sa iyang bayronon. Naa lagi panahon nga dili ta ka control sa atong temper, nibisita ko sa ilaha aron pagdisiplina niya. (I wanted to remind Joavan of his debt. There are times when we couldn't control our temper so I went to his house to discipline him),” Leodegreco told
Cebu Daily News in a phone interview yesterday.
CDN went to Joavan's residence yesterday to get his side of the dispute but he was not around.
No more vehicle was parked outside.
Talisay Mayor Fernandez did not answer calls made to his phone..
Vice Governor Sanchez, for his part, said he already talked with his son and that the spat between Joavan and Leodegreco was being ironed out.
“It was just a misunderstanding. Magsabot lang unta na sila. (They should settle things),” Sanchez said.
Last Saturday's incident was not reported to the Talisay City Police Station, said Supt. Henry Binas, the city police chief.
Binas advised the parties to seek the intervention of the court to settle their differences instead of doing violent acts.
“Dili nila ibutang ang balaod sa ilang mga kamot. Naninghuna mi aron hapsay diri. Dili gyud mi mohatag og pabor bisan kinsa. (They should not take the law into their own hands. We are trying to maintain order here in Talisay. We won't favor anybody),” Binas told
Cebu Daily News.
“We will arrest anyone who violates the law. We won’t hesitate to arrest the,” Binas warned.
Binas said police will verify accounts of the dispute between Joavan and Leodegreco but that it would be better for the aggrieved party to file a necessary complaint.
Leodegreco, 34, said he wasn't afraid if Joavan, 26, would file a complaint against him.
“Wala ko mahadlok. Maski asa pa mi magatubang. Daghan na siyag sala nako. Og kadtong buak na windshield kuwang ra to ibayad sa akong utang (I'm not afraid. I'll meet him anywhere. He has wronged me many times and the broken windshield is not enough to pay his debt),” he said.
Leodegreco carries the title of vice president for general services of Lactopafi Techno Resources Corp., the company founded by his father who made a fortune producing and selling probiotic health tonic drinks.
Leodegreco said he wouldn't file charges against Joavan over the unpaid debt but warned that if Joavan doesn’t settle his obligation, he would visit Joavan again at home.
“Og dili siya (Joavan) mo bayad, ako siyang bisitahon balik sa ila. Di lang ko mo-file og kaso kay dugay kaayo. (If Joavan won't pay his debt, I will visit him again in his residence. I won't file a case because it would take time before it would be resolved),” he said.
Leodegreco said the young man should honor his debts and change his ways.
“ He (Joavan) should be careful sa iyang behavior, kanang iyang pagkawalay batasan, iyang pagkabastos. (his boorish behaviour) ,” he said.
Leodegreco said he met Joavan in a bar in Talisay City last July 2010.
He said he was the one who contacted Joavan because he wanted to meet the controversial son of Mayor Fernandez.
He said they were good friends until last Oct. 31 when Joavan until an incident at a bar, where he was with Joavan and several friends at the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City.
Joavan suddenly began to act rudely to Leodegreco's female companions.
Leodegreco said he lost his temper, got an ice bucket and hit Joavan with it.
Cooler heads intervened and Joavan decided to go home.
Leodegreco said that that was the time when Joavan figured in a vehicular accident with the Talisay City Police patrol car
Joavan's Pajero rammed into a police patrol car at the intersection of R. Rabaya Street and the South Coastal Road in barangay San Roque.
He went into hiding after the incident.
Charges of malicious mischief and direct assault were filed against Joavan Fernandez before the Talisay City Prosecutors' Office.
The incident at the Mandaue City bar was the beginning of the spat between Joavan and Leodegreco.
Leodegreco said he decided last Saturday to collect Joavan's P20,000 debt.
Leodegreco said t Joavan borrowed the money to pay for the bail of his driver, who was then detained after he was caught driving Joavan's vehicle without a license.
At around 2 a.m. last Saturday, Leodegredo along with several companions on board three vehicles went to Joavan's resident in barangay Bulacao, Talisay City.
He said he had been texting Joavan to pay his debt but Joavan never answered his text messages.
Leodegreco said when they arrived he knocked on Joavan's door but no one came out.
He said his companions, out of frustration, decided to smash the winshield of Joavan's Isuzu Trooper parked outside Joavan's house.
Leodegreco said he didn't order them to do so.
He said Mayor Fernandez later called him on the phone and vowed to settle the issue.
Leodegreco is the the second of Vice Gov. Sanchez's three children.
In April 2009, Leodegreco underwent drug treatment and rehabilitation following the recommendation of a Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) physician finding him a “drug dependent.”
His father, the vice governor, said his son was old enough to face the consequences of his life choices. On the other hand, Joavan is facing a string of charges in various courts for several offenses he committed including a pending case of possession of illegal drugs.
Mayor Fernandez however didn’t eeded calls especially from Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu 1st district) to place Joavan in a rehabilitation center.
Joavan was out on bail for serious illegal detention for allegedly abducting and mauling vulcanizing shop workers Winston Abellana and cousin, Osbert on Aug. 11, 2008 whom he suspected of stealing his father's spare tire.
Joavan also has a pending case of possession of illegal drugs and ammunition.
Last June 4, Joavan was involved in another controversy after a businessman accused him of poking a gun at him during a traffic altercation.
Businessman Vincent Castrodes filed charges of violation of the election gun ban, illegal possession of firearms, and grave threats against Joavan .
Joavan was jailed but was released days later after posting bail.
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