The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 257 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight August 4 to 7:00 a.m. on .August 5, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Adam” District
Date: 08/04/2014 6:35 PM
Location: 1400 Horne Road
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1408040166
A 28 year old female reported to Corpus Christi Police that she was assaulted by her boyfriend of several months Jonas Ventura-Garcia (09/29/1981). The victim told officers she was choked by the male inside her apartment and also stated that she had a knife put to her stomach and the male threatened to stab her. The female said that the male arrived home and a verbal argument began over why the female had been out earlier. The verbal disturbance turned physical when the female was thrown on the couch and the male began to choke her. The male then pull out a pocket knife that he was carrying and pointed the blade at her abdomen. The victim declined EMS attention at the scene and the suspect was arrested aggravated assault, a second degree felony.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 08/04/2014 12:17 PM
Location: 10500 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1408040079
Corpus Christi Police responded to a stabbing at a business located in the 10500 block of S. Padre Island Drive and found a 26 year old male victim with a stab wound to his arm. The victim told officers he was walking in front of the business when he was confronted by Brian Williams (04/10/1974) who yelled out at him and when he turned the suspect stabbed him with a broken beer bottle on the left arm once and then once on the left side of the face. The suspect then ran from the location and was later located by officers hiding behind a grocery store just down the street. The victim was transported to the hospital and the suspect was taken to the City Detention Center and charged with aggravated assault, a second degree felony.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 08/04/2014 8:41 AM
Location: 5900 Ayers Street
Offense: Possession of a Controlled Substance (HS 481.115 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1408040046
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a suspicious person call at a trailer park located in the 5900 block of Ayers Street and found Eric Garza (09/04/1980) crouching behind a vehicle that was parked in front of one of the trailers. When officers contacted the suspect, and checked the area where the suspect had been hiding they located a clear plastic baggie containing methamphetamine on the ground. The suspect was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony and issued a criminal trespass warning for the property.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 08/04/2014 11:35 PM
Location: 9400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1408040198
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a call about a female who had kicked in a door and was causing damage to a motel room located in the 9400 block of S. Padre Island Dr.  Officers arrived and saw that the female had picked up a television and had thrown it to the ground and had pulled off the front cover of the air conditioning unit and she threw it at the officer as he entered the room. The cover missed the officer but hit the front window to the room and shattered it. The officer placed Christina Richards (10/17/1977) under arrest and found out she had force her way into the hotel room after she and a male friend had got into a verbal argument outside.  The suspect female was kicking and banging on the door trying to get in and when they did not open the door for her, she picked up a large butcher knife that was on a table outside and began stabbing at the door and continued to kick it until she finally forced it open. The female entered the room with the knife and another male attempted to step in front of her to try to block her from going after anyone. The female made threats while she had the knife in her hand and forced her way pass him and went into the bathroom where she thought the other male was hiding.  The male told officers the female stabbed the door with such force that it broke the handle off the knife. The male that the female was upset with was never contacted as he had left the area prior to police arrival. The suspect was charged with aggravated assault, a second degree felony for making threats with the knife, and criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor for damaging the motel room.

 

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840.  Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.