The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 176 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 16 to 7:45 a.m. April 17, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“Delta” District

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 17:54
Location: 1050 Nueces Bay Boulevard
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) 2^nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404160112

Corpus Christi Police responded to a fight which escalated to a shooting at a gas station located at 1050 Nueces Bay Boulevard Wednesday. Witnesses told Officers a 40-year-old man and a 21-year-old man got into a fist fight over cutting in line for the fuel pump. A 45-year-old man intervened to break up the fight and the 21-year-old man got into a truck to leave. The truck driven by the 21-year-old man moved forward and struck the 45-year-old man. The 21-year-old man revved the engine and the 45-year-old man presented a pistol and fired one shot. The 21-year-old man was struck by the gunshot in his right hand. The 21-year-old man was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made and Detectives continue to investigate.

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 2:49am
Location: 400 West Vanderbilt Drive
Offense: Theft of a Firearm (Penal Code Section 31.03) 3^rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404170014

Corpus Christi Police arrested 35-year-old Richard Hernandez (8/10/1978) for theft of a firearm and several charges of possession of a controlled substance after a burglary at a home on the 4300 block of Naples Street Thursday morning. A 50-year-old man reported a burglary at his home at 2:49am and explained to Officers he was asleep in his bedroom when a man came into his home and assaulted him. The 50-year-old man provided Officers with a description of the vehicle the men used to leave the scene. A Corpus Christi Police Officer saw a vehicle with an out tail light which matched the description of the suspect vehicle on the 4000 block of Ayers Street. The Officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled. The vehicle stopped at the 400 block of Vanderbilt and the Officer arrested the driver, 35-year-old Richard Hernandez, and the passenger, Gloria Cortez (8/21/1980). The Officers discovered Hernandez had a pistol which was reported stolen out of Brazos County in 2012. Officers also discovered contraband which the Officers believe to be crack-cocaine. Officers impounded the vehicle and delivered Hernandez and Cortez to the city detention center.

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