Occurred Monday, May 14, 2012, 12:30pm, Aberdeen Ave./Santa Fe St. Evading Arrest 1205140079

A 27-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon after a brief chase from Corpus Christi Police in the area of Aberdeen Avenue and Santa Fe Street.

Corpus Christi Police were called to check a suspicious man who wore a black shirt and white shorts with tattoos on his face and arms because the man went through the parking lot of an apartment complex looking into vehicles. The man saw Corpus Christi Police Officers and ran until he was captured at the 300 block of Dolphin Place.

The man refused to identify himself to the police officers. The man was taken to the city detention center where he was identified as 27-year-old Pedro Perez (3/13/1985). Officers discovered Perez had an active warrant for his arrest; so, Perez was arrested for Evading Arrest or Detention, the warrant for arrest, and Fail to Identify as a Fugitive.

The Evading Arrest charge is a State Jail Felony (an enhanced charge) punishable by up to two years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. The Fail to Identify charge is a Class A misdemeanor charge punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.