It happened at about 7:30 p.m. on last week Friday, when Independence Police received reports that Constable had demanded money from 28 year-old Jeydi Romero, for the release of her husband, Nahun Romero.

Independence Police Officers were dispatched, and they conducted surveillance on Villanueva, with a sting operation to catch him in the act. They saw a man visiting the station, and he handed PC Villanueva an item. The officers then approached the constable, and they observed when he tried to throw the item on the ground. They retrieved it, and realized that it was the money that the man had given him, in the same bills that they photographed for the operation to catch Villanueva in the corrupt act.