The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 249 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight October 1 to 7:00 a.m. on October 2, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Adam” District
Date: 10/01/2014        10:15 PM
Location: 14300 Interstate 37 Offense: Vehicle in River
Case Number: 1410010199
A 44 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after his car rolled into the Nueces River at Labonte Park. The man said he was attempting to turn around at the boat ramp and had stopped at the edge near the water. As he tried to back up, his white 2013 Dodge Challenger sedan began to slide into the river. The man was able to get out of the car and watched as it sank into the murky water about 30 feet from the shore.  The Corpus Christi Police Dive team is expected to try and recover the car on Thursday morning.

“Bravo” District
Date: 10/01/2014        1:55 PM
Location: 4200 S. Staples Street / 15300 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Forgery       (PC   32.21                 Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1410010110 / 1410010137
Corpus Christi Police are investigating two incidents of counterfeit twenty dollar bills showing up at local convenience stores. In the first incident, the manager of a store located at 4202 S. Staples St. turned over a fake bill the store took in on Sunday from a customer.  The manager is looking over store surveillance footage to see if she can find the customer that passed the bill.  In the second incident involving counterfeit money, officers responded to a store located at 15302 S. Padre Island Dr. and contacted a 39 year old man who said that earlier in the day he went to the Stripes Store located at Everhart Rd. and Holly Rd. to buy some cigarettes. He said that the clerk from that store gave him back change for a one hundred dollar bill after he purchased some merchandise. He said he left the store without checking the money.  A couple hours later the man went to the store at Whitecap Blvd. and S. Padre Island Dr. and when he handed the clerk the two twenty dollar bills he got as change earlier in the day to pay for merchandise, he was told by the clerk that the two twenties dollar bills were counterfeit. The man then called the police to report the incident. Officers recovered the two twenty dollar bills as evidence and are looking into both of these cases.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 10/01/2014        7:20 PM
Location: 900 Green Bay Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault           (PC   22.02                 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1410010164
Corpus Christi Police responded to a stabbing at a home located in the 900 block of Green Bay Dr. and found a male victim with multiple stab wounds to his body. The victim appeared to have wounds to his torso and at least one to his neck area.  The 35 year old male victim refused to cooperate with investigating officers about what had occurred.  The victim only said a man by the name of “Pablo” with “one eye” stabbed him. Officers located a small amount of blood in the driveway of the home but did not find any type of weapon at the scene.  The victim was transported to Spohn MMC by CCFD EMS with injuries not believed to be life threatening.  Officers are still investigating this call and are looking for any witnesses that may have information regarding this case.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 10/01/2014        9:10 PM
Location: 4000 Brawner Parkway
Offense: Criminal Mischief              (PC   30.05                 Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1410010178
A 40 year old man who thought he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest tried to hide from Corpus Christi Police in a neighbor’s attic for several hours. Officers had gone to the man’s house in the 4000 block of Stirman St. at about 6:20 p.m. wanting to speak to him on an unrelated investigation.  The man thought he had a warrant and fled on foot out the back door. Officers checked, and did not find the man to have a warrant.  About three hours later a female who lives at a home in the 4000 block of Brawner Parkway called police after hearing noises in her garage attic.  Officers searched the attic and found the man who had fled out the back door of the house on Stirman St. earlier hiding between some boards.  Due to the heat in the attic, the male had stripped off nearly all of his clothing. Officers arrested Ruben Garza (11/14/1973) for criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.

 

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