The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 232 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight December 4 to 7:00 a.m. on December 5, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 12/4/2014          11:55 PM
Location: 4300 Harry Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault
(PC 22.02       Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1412040062
A 28 year old male victim called Corpus Christi Police after another male came into his home located in the 4300 block of Harry St. while he was in bed and put a knife to his throat.

The victim told police that the suspect, Samuel Lerma (10/13/1982), entered his house and confronted him about a female that they both knew. The suspect forced his way into the house without permission, grabbed a knife from the victim’s kitchen and then threatened the victim by putting the knife to the victim’s throat while he was in bed.

When officers arrived the suspect was standing outside and he had put the knife on the ground under a car near where he was standing. Officers found the knife and took the suspect into custody.

He was charged with aggravated assault and burglary, both felony offenses, as well as public intoxication. The victim was not injured.

 

 

“Delta” District
Date: 12/4/2014          11:10 PM
Location: 1000 Josephine Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault
(PC 22.02       First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1412040171
An argument outside of a north side bar between a male and a female turned violent when the male, who was upset with the female for seeing another man, assaulted her and then pulled out a handgun and fired a shot into the air.

The 31 year old female victim said that she was confronted by her ex-boyfriend inside the bar.  He grabbed her and pulled her outside where he began to yell at her about dating somebody new.

The male began to threaten her and said that he would kill her and her boyfriend if he saw them together. He then grabbed her by the throat and began to squeeze to the point that the victim was unable to breath or talk. The male then took out a handgun from his waistband and fired off a single shot into the air and then fled on foot.

Officers later found, Willie Dwight Denson (10/09/1975), at his home in the 1900 block of Van Loan St. and he was arrested for aggravated assault, a first degree felony. The victim refused any medical treatment.

 

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