“Please be careful with this guy”: Netizen posts about man harassing her family

• A netizen asked for help online as a man has been bothering her family for seven years.
• She said that the man, who is a former president of their community, has been repeatedly taunting them for no reason.
• The Facebook user posted her situation online in hopes of resolving the situation quickly. 

A netizen named Irish Erika Tallorin Fajardo posted a photo and several videos of a man making a commotion at the GSIS Metrohomes, Sta. Mesa, Manila.

Apparently the man, named Benjamin Castillo, has been bothering her family for six to seven years now.

In her post, she stated that this man was ousted from being their community president because of corruption issues.

But despite his sketchy past, he still managed to pick on Fajardo’s family and call them names such as “squatters” and different foul words.

In an exclusive conversation with Fajardo, she shared the whole story. She stated that everything started when her parents got elected as officers in the building. They had a good relationship at first, but they noticed that Castillo was committing corruption when it comes to their budget.

“Napapansin na nga yung ugali nya na nangungurakot ninanakawan ang bldg. Hanggang sa natuluyan syang maalis as officer dahil madami din may ayaw sakanya at reklamo. Tapos ayun na, galit na galit sya sa mga officer sinasabi nya magnanakaw daw ganyan.”

Fajardo narrated that Castillo then started to bother her parents, even challenging her PWD father to a fistfight.

This happens almost every single time they see each other in the building.

“Hanggang sa napaalis nya kame sa 2nd floor na tinitirhan namin kumuha ng kakontsaba para mapalayas kame. Lahat gagawin nya mapaalis kame sa bldg and i dont know why bakit nya ginagawa yun samantalang wala kaming ginagawa sakanila.”

The family decided to move because of Castillo’s problematic actions but the man didn’t stop there as he decided to mess with their car, asking the management to ban the vehicle.

“Ginasgasan nya ng malaki at pina ban sa gsis na wag papasukin yung sasakyan dahil hindi na daw taga don ang may ari samantalang nasa 1st floor lang kame at part pa din ng GSIS.

“Hanggang sa nagkaron ng vacant unit sa 4th floor which is malapit sa unit nila. Gnrab na namin dahil need din naman lumipat dahil need namin ng more space dahil may baby na ako.”

The first day of their stay at their new apartment was peaceful, but when they ran into Castillo, that’s when the mess started to resurface. He continuously cursed her and her father which made her answer back in annoyance.

But their worst encounter happened the following Monday as he started messing with Fajardo’s child.

“Hinahamon nya ko, tinititigan nya ko ng masama pati anak kong 9 months [old]. As in ang sama ng tingin tapos umaamba ng suntok. Pumasok kame ng anak ko dahil nga ayaw nmin ng gulo e at baka lasing lang. nung pangalawang labas namin eto nanaman sya!!! Nanghahamon nanaman at inaambahan kame ng anak ko. Pumasok kame sa bahay nagsumbong ako sa mother ko tapos nung pag labas namin yung kapatid kong bunso ang inaambahan at hinahamon nya ng suntukan kaya pinatulan sya ng tayay kong PWD!”

When he noticed that the netizen was taking a video of him, he suddenly got mindful of his words and lowered his voice. Fajardo’s family decided to report him to the police after the incident.

But instead of resolving the matter inside the courtroom, someone stated that Castillo’s family would put Fajardo in jail because she posted about the issue online.

“Tapos sabi saken ng maintenance dito sa bldg sabi daw sakanya ng byenan ni benjamin castillo ipapakulong daw nila ako tapos pinost ko daw sla. Di ako natatakot. Wala kameng kasalanan. Magkademandahan kung gusto nila.”

Fajardo ended her statement by saying that they just hope that the matter would be solved as quickly as possible and that they’re worried as Castillo’s unit is only three apartments from her family’s.