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Edna Palero-Tan Vs. Ciriaco I. Urdaneta, Jr. etc.

EDNA PALERO-TAN, Complainant, versus CIRIACO I. URDANETA, JR., UTILITY WORKER I, RTC, BRANCH 14, BAYBAY, LEYTE, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-07-2399 (Formerly OCA IPI No. 06-2390-P) | 2008-06-18

R E S O L U T I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

In the instant administrative complaint,[1] Edna Palero-Tan (complainant), Court Stenographer III of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 14, Baybay, Leyte, charged Ciriaco I. Urdaneta, Jr. (respondent), Utility Worker I of the same court, with Conduct Unbecoming a Court Personnel, for stealing her ring and bracelet.

Complainant claimed that it has been her practice to keep her and her sister's pieces of jewelry in the locked drawer of her table at her RTC office because she fears that they might be lost at the boarding house she is renting. However, on 8 July 2005, she discovered that her...