The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 162 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight December 30 to 5:50am December 31, 2013. These are a sample of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.
“Adam” District
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 19:23
Location: 14300 Interstate Highway 37 Access Road http://goo.gl/maps/NMXtM
Event: Single Vehicle Crash
Case Number: 1312300126
A 27-year-old man reported a single vehicle crash to the Corpus Christi Police Monday night at the Labonte Park boat ramp. The 26-year-old man and his 22-year-old male passenger told Officers the brakes failed on the brown 2007 Chevrolet Silverado causing the truck to enter the water. No injuries were reported. The Corpus Christi Police Dive Team evaluated the scene and chose to conduct the dive to recover the submerged truck in day light for safety reasons.
“Bravo” District
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 21:14
Location: 6101 Saratoga Boulevard http://goo.gl/maps/kZtWh
Offense: Criminal Trespass (Penal Code Section 30.05) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1312300136
Corpus Christi Police arrested 31-year-old Casey Ganschow (8/25/1982) Monday for criminal trespass at a store located at 6101 Saratoga Boulevard. Corpus Christi Police responded to a shoplifting complaint and were directed by store employees to Ganschow who concealed a cellular telephone in his pocket after he removed the phone from the package and without paying for the merchandise. The Officer arrested Ganschow for theft and then discovered Ganschow had a criminal trespass warning for that store. Ganschow was additionally charged with criminal trespass and then delivered to the city detention center.
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 19:47
Location: 9602 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/y02Co
Offense: Forgery of a Financial Instrument (Penal Code Section 32.21) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1312300127
Corpus Christi Police arrested 38-year-old Neil Williamson (3/27/1975) Monday for forgery after he passed a counterfeit bill to a store clerk at 9602 South Padre Island Drive. A Corpus Christi Police Officer walked into the store at about 7:47pm and a 67-year-old man who is a store clerk captured the attention of the Officer. The 67-year-old man told the Officer he was just handed counterfeit money from Williamson in an effort to pay for merchandise. The Clerk handed the Officer the note for inspection. The Officer then arrested Williamson for forgery and delivered him to the city detention center.
“Charlie” District
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 15:40
Location: 5300 Carriage Lane http://goo.gl/maps/imN92
Offense: Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (Penal Code Section 31.07) State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1312170130
Corpus Christi Police arrested 17-year-old Guy Madison (4/9/1996) for unauthorized use of a vehicle Monday at the 5300 block of Carriage. A Corpus Christi Police Officer got behind a white 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt at Kostoryz and Tiger Lane and discovered the vehicle was reported stolen. The Officer conducted a traffic stop at the 5300 block of Carriage and arrested the driver, Guy Madison, for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. The vehicle was originally reported stolen from Carroll High School on December 17 after the keys were reported stolen from an unattended locker. The Officer then released the vehicle to the owner and delivered Madison to the city detention center.
Date: Monday December 30, 2013, 16:58
Location: 3900 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/8XPk3
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Penal Code Section 49.04) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1312300103
Corpus Christi Police arrested 35-year-old Shad Sonneberger (9/21/1978) for driving while intoxicated with at least 2 previous convictions Monday at South Padre Island Drive near Weber Road. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint at 4:58pm of a driver in a white 2004 Ford F-250 truck slumped over the wheel. Officers found the truck stopped in the road with the driver asleep at the wheel with the truck in drive and the engine running and the doors were locked. The Officer placed his patrol car in front of the truck to prevent the truck from moving forward, and the Officer rocked the truck until he woke the driver. The Officer arrested the driver, Shad Sonneberger, for driving while intoxicated and impounded the truck. The Officer took Sonneberger to the hospital to collect a specimen of blood, and then delivered Sonneberger to the city detention center.
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 9:29am
Location: 5042 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/fWp4e
Offense: Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (Penal Code Section 31.07) State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1312300034
A 39-year-old woman reported three vehicles stolen Monday from a thrift store located at 5042 South Padre Island Drive to the Corpus Christi Police. The 39-year-old woman told Officers an unknown person stole a truck, a trailer, and a boat which were donated to the thrift store and had a total estimated value of $8,000 dollars.
Date: Monday, December 30, 2013, 14:28
Location: 3400 Ocean Drive http://goo.gl/maps/dSeGi
Offense: Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (Penal Code Section 31.07) State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1312300079
Corpus Christi Police arrested 27-year-old Stephen Allie (8/20/1986) for unauthorized use of a vehicle and for warrants for his arrest Monday at the 3400 block of Ocean Drive. Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash at 2:28pm and discovered a white 2011 Nissan Maxima had struck a light pole and a tree on the 3400 block of Ocean Drive. The Officer who investigated the crash discovered the Maxima was reported stolen out of Houston on December 28, 2013. The two occupants of the car were taken to the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. The driver, Stephen Allie, was released from the hospital after treatment and arrested for unauthorized use of a vehicle and for a warrant for his arrest from Florida for Grand Theft, and a second warrant out of Nueces County for forgery. Allie was delivered to the city detention center. The 27-year-old female passenger in the vehicle remained at the hospital for medical treatment.
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