The National Bureau of Investigation and police arrested a police officer in an entrapment operation on Friday, 4 July, after he allegedly extorted sexual favors from his former live-in partner in exchange for deleting intimate videos he had secretly kept and later uploaded online.

Agents from the NBI–Ilocos Regional Office (NBI-IRO), in coordination with the Philippine National Police–Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) Team 1, apprehended Police Officer 1 John Mark Rivera y Emperador at a fast-food restaurant in Rosario, La Union, around 1:00 p.m.

He was arrested following a complaint filed on 2 July by the victim, who accused the officer of multiple violations, including Republic Act No. 9262 (Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act), Grave Coercion in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175), and the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act (RA 9995).

The victim claimed that Rivera — her former boyfriend and live-in partner — recorded several of their sexual encounters with the promise that the videos would be deleted.

But after their relationship ended over Rivera’s alleged infidelity, the woman discovered that explicit images and footage had been posted through a dummy social media account. She identified the materials as coming from videos Rivera had earlier recorded.

When she confronted Rivera, he allegedly demanded that she sleep with him one last time in exchange for the deletion of the files.

Fearing further exposure, the woman agreed to meet him at the Jollibee branch in Rosario, where the NBI and PNP laid the trap that led to Rivera’s arrest.

Photos from the sting operation showed Rivera arriving in a blue pickup truck and approaching the complainant inside the restaurant before being taken into custody by law enforcement agents. Mugshots of Rivera and the evidence seized were later processed.

He is now under NBI custody and will undergo inquest proceedings.