SUV with diplomatic plates arrives at Olongapo hall of justice

(Updated 2:54 p.m.) A white sport-utility vehicle with diplomatic plates arrived at the Olongapo City Hall of Justice before dawn Friday, the day Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton is to be presented before a court for the murder of transgender woman Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude.

 

The van was allowed to enter the tightly secured compound shortly after 4 a.m., radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported.

 

It was not immediately clear if Pemberton was aboard the white SUV.

 

Video posted by dzBB's Vargas showed the vehicle being allowed entry to the compound of the hall of justice, with the gates immediately being closed.

VIDEO: Puting SUV na may diplomatic plate, pumasok sa compound ng Olongapo City Hall of Justice. https://t.co/zWSt3ajk8H | @VargasMannysen

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 18, 2014
 

 

 

Security was also tight around the Hall of Justice, with police readying barricades, as shown in another Vine video posted by dzBB's Vargas.

VIDEO: Kalye papasok ng Olongapo Hall of Justice, pinostehan ng mga pulis; nilagyan rin ng barikada https://t.co/RmUNxWUMfz @VargasMannysen

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 18, 2014
 

 

 

 

Earlier, a three-vehicle convoy was seen leaving early Friday the facility in Camp Aguinaldo where Pemberton was detained.

 

The convoy exited Camp Aguinaldo and was headed for the North Luzon Expressway at 2:58 a.m., radio dzBB's James Agustin reported.

 

It was not immediately clear if Pemberton was aboard one of the three vehicles.

On Friday afternoon, however, Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office, confirmed Pemberton was transported to the Olongapo City Hall of Justice.