Occurred Monday, December 31, 2012, 1:47am, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, 1212310015

A 46-year-old man was arrested Monday morning for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle when an alert Corpus Christi Police Officer saw the man fill up with gas at Airline and Holly.

A Corpus Christi Police Patrol Officer pulled into a gas station at the intersection of Airline and Holly Road at 1:47 in the morning and saw an unoccupied red 1999 FordF-150 pickup truck at the fuel pump. The officer saw the truck had no front license plate displayed. The officer circled to the back of the truck and checked the Texas license plate displayed on the rear of the truck.

The officer was notified the license plate displayed was reported as a stolen license plate from Corpus Christi on December 26, 2012. The Officer stopped a 46-year-old man who crossed the street from the gas station as a possible person who brought the truck to the fuel pump. The officer then discovered the truck was reported stolen out of George West.

The officer found evidence the 46-year-old man, Leonel Soliz (8/16/1966), had driven the truck to the fuel pump. The Police Officer then discovered methamphetamines in the truck during an inventory.

Soliz was arrested for possession of a controlled substance from penalty group 1, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (both state jail felony offenses), and for theft for the stolen license plate (a Class B Misdemeanor). Soliz was then delivered to the Corpus Christi city detention center.