Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 14:19
Location: Peoples Street at Water Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer (Penal Code Section 22.02) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1405070091

Corpus Christi Police arrested 21-year-old Nicolas Kuntscher (1/21/1993) for aggravated assault on a peace officer, theft, and evading arrest at People’s Street and Water Street Wednesday afternoon. Corpus Christi Police Detectives conducted surveillance on Kuntscher and observed Kuntscher commit a theft. Detectives moved to apprehend Kuntscher, but Kuntscher was able to get into a maroon 1999 Chevrolet Suburban and flee from the scene. While in flight in the vehicle, Detectives reported Kuntscher used his vehicle as a weapon in an attempt to injure Officers who attempted to apprehend Kuntscher. Kuntscher fled in the vehicle until Kuntscher crashed the vehicle at the 500 block of Clifford Street. Officers arrested Kuntscher and then took him for a medical evaluation before Officers delivered Kuntscher to the city detention center. No injuries were reported.