The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 231 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight August 18 to 7:00 a.m. on .August 19, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.
“Delta” District
Date: 08/18/2014 11:10 AM
Location: 2800 Sarita Street
Offense: Burglary of Habitation (PC 30.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1408180078
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a home in the 2800 block of Sarita St. for a report of a burglary. The male victim told officers that an unknown suspect entered the rear of the house by removing a window air conditioning unit. Once inside, the suspect look electronics, clothing and the window air conditioning unit. Witnesses in the neighborhood told officers they observed the suspect walking away from the home pulling a red wagon with all the stolen property in it. The officer recognized the description witnesses gave to be a male that lived in the 2800 block of Niagara St. The officer contacted Sergio Franco (06/25/1993) and two young females and he was able to find the victim’s property. The male was arrested and charged with burglary of a habitation, a second degree felony and was also charged with resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor, when he resisted arrest by trying to escape from the officer when he was being escorted to the police unit. All of the stolen property was returned to the victim.
“Delta” District
Date: 08/18/2014 Midnight
Location: 4000 East Causeway Boulevard
Offense: Theft of a Firearm (PC 31.03 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1408180004
A Corpus Christi Police Officer was flagged down while on patrol in the North Beach area. He was told by a customer that was exiting a convenience store that a highly intoxicated male was getting into a truck in the parking lot. The officer found the male suspect sitting in the driver seat of a Nissan Frontier truck in the parking lot of the store and found him be intoxicated and he was placed under arrest for public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. While conducting an impound inventory of his truck, the officer located an AK-style rifle sitting on the rear bench seat, a shotgun, and three handguns. The suspect Andrew Lonnon (10/27/1987) was additionally charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, a Class A misdemeanor. When officers checked the serial numbers of the weapons, one of the handguns was reported stolen, and he was additionally charged with theft of a fireman, a state jail felony. Several boxes of ammunition were also recovered, and his truck was impounded.
“Delta” District
Date: 08/18/2014 11:05 PM
Location: 1400 Howard Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1408180175
Corpus Christi Officers responded to a call for a stabbing in the 1400 block of Howard St. and found a 26 year old male had been stabbed several times in the knees with a kitchen knife after an argument his 25 year old wife. He was taken by CCFD EMS to Spohn MMC for treatment. Officers then began looking for the female who had fled in a vehicle. Officers located her a short time later in her car at Sam Rankin St. and Caldwell St. She was in the drivers` seat and she had cuts to her left leg, bruises about her face, and numerous other smaller lacerations to her left hand. Inside the car officers found three small children ranging in age from 8 years old to 11 months old. The back window of the truck was broken out and the baby and one of the other children were covered in broken glass. The female told officers that the male began to attack her while they were at their home in the 1400 block of Howard St. The female was pushed into the kitchen by the male, causing her to knock the kitchen table over. The legs fell off the table and the male grabbed one and hit the female in the face with it several times. In order to defend herself, the female grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the male in both knees. The female then loaded the kids in her truck and she was attempting to leave when the male followed her outside and broke the driver side window. The female took off and the male jumped in the back of the truck and started hitting the back window, breaking it, showering her kids with the broken glass. After she stopped, the male jumped onto the hood and started hitting the windshield until his mother got involved. The female was able to drive away and flee the scene. Charges are pending against the male, for aggravated assault, a first degree felony, but he has not been arrested because the stab wounds to his legs will require surgery. The female was taken by CCFD EMS to the hospital for treatment, and the three children were taken to be with a family member.
“Delta” District
Date: 08/18/2014 10:30 PM
Location: 3000 South Port Avenue
Offense: Child Left In Vehicle
Case Number: 1408180179
A Corpus Christi Police Officer was working off duty at a business located in the 3000 block of S. Port Ave. when he was advised by a 21 year old mother that she had locked her 11 month old baby in the car accidently. She said the door locked with the child inside after she put some groceries in the back seat. The officer found the baby crying and sweating in the car so he smashed the passenger side door glass and the baby was taken out safely. The child was not injured.
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