Joseph Russel Ingco Wanted For Mauling MMDA Officer: VIDEO Interview (Update)

Joseph Ingco. QCPD-LTO photo

Filipino Businessman Joseph Russel Ingco aka Joseph Russel Abacan Ingco, who was driving his blue Maserati Ghibli during the incident, is now wanted for allegedly insulting and mauling Metropolitan Manila Development Authority traffic enforcer Jorbe Adriatico in Quezon Avenue on Thursday morning. Adriatico said that Ingco got mad after he attempted to photograph him making an illegal turn at the intersection of G. Araneta and Quezon Avenues.

The 39-year-old Adriatico said he was manning his post on Quezon Avenue when he saw a blue Maserati—which had only a conduction sticker—as it was about to make an illegal left turn to Araneta Avenue.

The MMDA constable said he approached to stop the “mestizo-looking” driver but the latter ignored him. This prompted Adriatico to take a video of the car using his mobile phone.

“He saw me taking a video, so instead of completing the left turn he went straight to the U-turn slot a few meters away, then stopped at the spot where I was standing,” Adriatico said in a separate interview with the Inquirer.

When the driver gave him the dirty finger, he said, he dared him to do it again—this time for the camera.

“He then snatched my phone, threw it into his car and then grabbed me by the collar,” he recalled. The driver stepped on the accelerator and dragged him for several meters, punching him thrice in the face before letting him go. During the assault, the driver repeatedly threatened to kill him.

“I did not fight back because I was afraid he would have me sandwiched between his car and the others that were on the road,” Adriatico said.

MMDA Chair Francis Tolentino offered a P100,000 reward for information leading to the driver’s arrest.

Update 1: The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) found Ingco’s luxury sports ?car parked at the Valencia Towers condominium in New Manila, Quezon City..

Also, Joseph Russel Ingco has come out and issued a statement on Friday saying, “Yesterday, my name was mentioned in an incident involving a traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The untoward event also triggered the offer of a reward of P100,000.00 for my capture and countless social media tirades against me and my family. I have full trust and confidence in our legal system and I believe that the truth will eventually come out.”

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