The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 194 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight November 17 to 7:00 a.m. on November 18, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 11/17/2014        10:35 PM
Location: 500 Lakeside Drive
Offense: Possession of a Controlled Substance
(HS 481.115    State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1411170125
Corpus Christi Police officers looking for a wanted man out of New Mexico found him and more. Officers went to an apartment in the 500 block of Lakeside Dr. after learning the wanted person may be living there.

Officers found Harley Skeen (01/08/1989) walking out of the apartment with two other males. When they approached, the suspect dropped a clear plastic bag that had crystal methamphetamine inside.

The wanted man gave officers a false name, but after an investigation they determined he was the man they were looking for. The other two men were released.

The suspect was placed under arrest for the methamphetamine that he dropped and while searching the man, officers found another bag of methamphetamine in his possession. Officers confirmed the outstanding arrest warrants from the state of New Mexico for parole violation and burglary.

 

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 11/17/2014        2:00 PM
Location: 4600 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
(PC 49.04       Class B Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1411170066
Corpus Christi Police responded to a crash that resulted in a road closure, damage to an electric pole and an arrest for drunk driving.

A male was driving his 2014 Chevrolet Cruze west along the access road in the 4600 block of S. Padre Island Dr. at a high rate of speed and made an unsafe lane change and struck a 2004 Cadillac sedan. The impact forced the Cadillac, driven by a 37 year old male, to leave the roadway and strike a power pole at the corner of the access road and Lavaca St.

The power pole broke causing it to lean over the road with low hanging wires. The west access road along the freeway was closed from Everhart Rd. to Weber Rd. for about three hours while officers waited for a crew from AEP to repair the pole.

Both drivers were transported to Spohn MMC with minor injuries. After an investigation, the driver of the Chevrolet, Miguel Mungia (11/30/1986), was found to be intoxicated and he was arrested.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 11/17/2014        1:15 PM
Location: 1400 Acapulco Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault
(PC 22.02       First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1411170056
Corpus Christi Police were dispatched to a home in the 1400 block of Acapulco St. for a disturbance between two sisters, one of which had been stabbed with a knife.

A 17 year old female victim told officers that her sister, Angela Ramirez (11/11/1991), borrowed her phone and when she was done with it, she did not want to give it back. When the victim tried to get the phone back her sister punched her and put her in a headlock.

The younger sister then said when she got up, she felt a sharp pain in her lower back. She saw her sister holding a black knife and she then realized she had been stabbed.  The victim then ran outside to her mom’s car outside and locked herself inside.  The suspect left walking but officers located her in the 5800 block of Ayers St. and arrested her for aggravated assault.

 

 

“Delta” District
Date: 11/17/2014        9:20 PM
Location: 3400 Southland Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault
(PC 22.02       Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1411170115
A 42 year old male victim called Corpus Christi Police after a longtime friend of his dropped off the victim’s sister at their home in the 3400 block of Southland Dr.

The sister and the friend had gotten into a verbal argument and it continued until they arrived at the home.   The friend then turned his anger toward the male victim and started yelling at him.  The two males began to fight, and then the friend was able to get back into his Dodge truck and drive away only to turn around.

The male returned driving at a high rate of speed toward everyone standing in front of the house. Everyone outside was able to run inside the house and avoid being hit by the truck.   The male then turned his truck around and fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

While officers were there investigating this call, the suspect returned to the area, and officers stopped him.  After an investigation it was determined that Cedric Neely (03/26/1967) was intoxicated and officers went to arrest him.  During the arrest, the suspect resisted and officers had to use physical force in order to restrain the suspect.

He was charged with aggravated assault, a second degree felony for attempting to hit the victim with his truck.  He was additionally charged with driving while intoxicated, and resisting arrest both Class A misdemeanors.

 

 

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