Police Search for Animal Cruelty Suspect on Johnston Drive

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 14:41
Location: 4700 Johnston Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) 2nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1405280084

Corpus Christi Police are searching for a 38-year-old man who faces criminal charges for Aggravated Assault and Animal Cruelty on the 4700 block of Johnston Drive Tuesday afternoon. Corpus Christi Police responded to a disturbance at a home located at the 4700 block of Johnston Drive at 2:41pm. Officers were provided information that the 38-year-old man killed a dog and threatened family members with a knife. Corpus Christi Police Officers got two people out of the house and then discovered the 38-year-old man had left the house prior to law enforcement arrival.

Officers learned no person was injured, but a dead dog was collected and the Officers began the search for the 38-year-old man. Witnesses to the event told Officers that the 38-year-old man may be under the influence of hallucinogenic narcotics and was armed with a knife. Witnesses to the event described the 38-year-old man to Officers as a bald male with multiple tattoos, and he wore no shirt, red plaid shorts, and no shoes and left on foot from the home. Officers continue to search for the 38-year-old man and urge anyone to call 911 immediately if they believe they spot the 38-year-old man. Officers believe the man is in the area between Ayers and Kostoryz and between South Padre Island Drive and Horne.

Update:

The Corpus Christi Police arrested 37-year-old Carlos Villanueva (7/22/1976) on the 1300 block of Elgin Street for aggravated assault and animal cruelty and then delivered him to the city detention center.