The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 236 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight June 30 to 7:00 a.m. on July 1, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“Bravo” District
Date: 06/30/2014 12:50AM
Location: 3100 Churchill Drive
Offense: Possession of Controlled Substance (HS 481.115 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1406300007
A Corpus Christi Police Officer observed a red Ford truck travelling west in the 1600 block of Tarleton St. The officer stopped the truck after observing it commit a traffic offense and contacted the driver Juan Sanchez (05/01/1992) and his two passengers. The officer found that no one in the vehicle had a drivers license. When the suspect was asked to step out of the vehicle, the officer found cocaine in a cigarette box that was in the suspect’s pocket. Officers also found a handgun in the front seat of the vehicle. Also found in the vehicle was a backpack containing two green bags containing a synthetic cannabis product. The suspect was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor, and possession of synthetic marijuana, a class B misdemeanor. One of the passengers in the vehicle, Michael Rivera (04/29/1995), was found to have an outstanding warrant and was also arrested.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 06/30/2014 8:35 AM
Location: 4100 S. Staples Street
Offense: Possession of Controlled Substance (HS 481.117Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1406300059
Corpus Christi Police Officers were dispatched to a theft of a television from a business located in the 4100 block of S. Staples St. The male suspect was seen getting into a black SUV with his 8 year old son with the stolen property. After witnesses got the suspect vehicles license plate, officers went to the registered owners address located in the 1400 block of Seville St. and they contacted Elliott Campos (10/19/1982). He was found to have an outstanding traffic warrant for his arrest and he was taken into custody. The suspect had prescription medication belonging to another in his wallet and he was additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class A Misdemeanor. The stolen television was recovered and the suspect was also charged with theft, a Class B Misdemeanor.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 06/30/2014 1:55 PM
Location: 1500 S. Port Ave.
Offense: Unauthorized Use Of a Motor Vehicle (PC 31.07 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1406300089
A 53 year old business owner told Corpus Christi Police Officers that a customer’s car was stolen by a male dressed as a female while it was being repaired at his shop. The male suspect in his mid-twenties had on a red, white and blue halter top and his blond hair pulled back, walked up to the shop from the street, jumped in the car and drove off. A little more than an hour later an officer saw the stolen vehicle parked at a business in the 2000 block of Morgan Ave. Officers contacted George Anderson (02/17/1987) who fit the description of the male who stole the vehicle as he was getting back into it to leave. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the City Detention Center and the vehicle was returned to the shop.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 06/30/2014 7:25 PM
Location: 400 Waco Street
Offense: Robbery (PC 29.03 First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1406300143
A 78 year old male victim reported to Corpus Christi Police that he had stepped out of his red 2003 Saturn to deposit books at the Central Library located in the 800 block of Comanche St. While outside his vehicle, the victim was approached by a male suspect, medium build between 5`9″ – 5`10″ feet tall. The male suspect asked the victim for money and when he told him he had no money, the suspect pushed the victim aside and got into the driver’s seat of his car. As the suspect attempted to drive off, the victim got caught up in the vehicle and was dragged a short distance. CCFD EMS responded to the scene and the victim was treated and released. Officers are currently still investigating this crime, and have not located the suspect or the stolen vehicle.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 06/30/2014 9:35 PM
Location: 3200 Reid Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1406300159
Corpus Christi Police Officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 3200 block of Reid Dr. for an assault. Officers arrived and contacted a 26 year old female victim who said she was asleep and that her husband had just left the apartment to go to the store. While she was sleeping, a male suspect made entry into the apartment and put a knife to her throat. The victim’s husband then returned to the apartment and heard his wife screaming. A fight ensued and the suspect cut the husband twice on the arm and once in the face with the knife. The suspect took off in a blue four door passenger car. The female victim told officers that she knows the suspect and that he has been text messaging her some very threatening and demeaning messages. Officers went to the suspects home located in the 1200 block of Crescent St. and located the suspect Anthony Lyon (08/14/1964). He was arrested and charged with burglary of habitation with intent to do other felony crimes, a first degree felony, and aggravated assault, a second degree felony. Both victim’s were treated at the scene by CCFD EMS.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/01/2014 5:30 AM
Location: 700 North Chaparral Street
Offense: Robbery (PC 29.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407010029
A 21 year old victim reported to Corpus Christi Police that while he was at the bus station in the 700 block of N. Chaparral St. he was robbed of his cell phone. The victim said he was waiting for the bus when a male approached him and asked if he could use his cell phone. After using the phone, the suspect put it in his pocket. The victim asked to have it back, and the suspect took off running. The victim took off running after him, and after chasing him for a little while the suspect turned and stopped and hit the victim several times in the face. The victim chased the suspect to a convenience store located at IH 37 and Water Street. There the victim was confronted by 3 other males that knew the suspect. The suspect got into a red four door passenger car with the males and fled the scene. Other officers responding to the call, observed the suspect vehicle traveling south on Ocean Dr. Officers stopped the vehicle near Ocean Dr. and Airline Rd. and the suspect Troy Finley (09/03/1992) was found inside and he was arrested and charged with robbery, a second degree felony.

 

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