Date:  October 27, 2013, 4:12am
Location: 1721 Van Loan
Event:  Aggravated Assault
Case Number:  1310270043

Police arrested Quenton Martin (04/28/81) after he stabbed a 34-year-old man in the arm.  Martin also pulled a knife on a 27-year-old man.   The assault occurred as a result over the ownership of a cell phone.  Martin fled, but was found by Officers and arrested. 

Martin was charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Failure to Identify after he lied about his name to Officers.  He was booked at the City Detention Center.

Date:  October 27, 2013, 5:51am
Location:  10100 SPID
Event: Hit and Run
Case Number:  1310270050/C1307642 

Officers worked a single vehicle accident in which the driver had fled.  Police reported the vehicle had been traveling westbound when the driver lost control and veered left leaving the roadway.  The truck struck the Highway Support Beam and the impact caused the truck to roll over onto its driver’s side.  It then crashed into the bushes alongside the roadway.

Officers did find blood in the vehicle and believe the driver was injured.  A search was conducted, but the driver was nowhere to be found.

If you witnessed the accident or know the identity of the driver, please contact Traffic Safety Division Hit and Run Investigators at 361-886-2600.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified.

Date:  October 27, 2013,
Location:  4220 SPID
Event:  Major Hit and Run Accident 
Case Number:  1310270038/C1307640

Police were dispatched to an accident involving a pedestrian in the eastbound lane of the 4300 block of SH 358.  Officers arrived to find a witness to the accident performing CPR on the man and took over until CCFD Emergency Personnel arrived.  The 23-year-old man was rushed to Spohn Memorial with life-threatening injuries. 

Further investigation revealed that the victim had been driving a gray Jeep when it became stuck in a small ditch by the parking lot west of Embassy Suites.  A wrecker driver stopped by to assist when the hit and run victim began to assault the wrecker driver’s passenger; knocking him to the ground.  After the assault, the victim ran across the highway where he was stuck.  The vehicle fled; not making any attempt to stop.   

If you witnessed the accident or know the identity of the driver, please contact Traffic Safety Division Hit and Run Investigators at 361-886-2600.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit a tip online at http://www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified.

Date:  October 27, 2013, 1:47am
Location:  7101 S. Padre Island Drive/4946 Wexford
Event:  Aggravated Assault
Case Number:  1310270026/1310270028

Police were called to 4946 Wexford for a loud music call with approximately 120 individuals.  As Officers were contacting and dispersing the party goers, Officers were advised of a walk-in shooting victim at Bay Area Hospital.   As the Officers cleared the residence, they were able to find the crime scene for the shooting.

Police contacted hospital staff and they were advised a 17-year-old woman had been brought to the hospital by several of her friends with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.  The woman had been shot while at a party at 4946 Wexford.    Neither the victim nor her friends were able to provide Officers with any suspect information.

The shooting investigation is ongoing and will be conducted by the Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division.  Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Homicide/Robbery Detectives at 361-886-2841.  If you would like to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (3477) or submit a tip online at www888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified and arrested.