Police Arrest Man For Racing and Unlawfully Carrying A Handgun

Date: June 29, 2013, 23:47

Location: 6200 Saratoga Boulevard http://goo.gl/maps/XJ30f

Offense: Racing and Unlawful Carrying of Weapons

Case Number: 1306290153

A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday night for racing and for unlawful carrying a weapon on the 6200 block of Saratoga Boulevard.

Several Corpus Christi Police Officers were on the 6200 block of Saratoga Boulevard at 11:45pm and saw several cars engage in a race in the eastbound lanes of Saratoga. The Police Officers stopped 23-year-old Robert Guzman (7/6/1989) in an orange 2004 Ford Mustang and arrested him for Racing; a Class B Misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and up to a $2,000 fine.

The Mustang was impounded and the officers located a handgun in the car when they conducted an impound inventory.  Guzman was additionally charged with unlawful carrying of weapons; a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.

Guzman was then delivered to the city detention center.