Date: Monday, December 22, 2014
Offense: Manufacture, deliver, or Possession of Miscellaneous Substances (Health and Safety Code Section 481.119) Class B Misdemeanor

Nine uniformed Corpus Christi Police Officers in five marked patrol cars conducted a city-wide search Monday morning for fifteen individuals with warrants for their arrest related to narcotics investigations.

The Officers arrested several of the individuals this morning and continue to search the city until all the warrants are served. The warrants were issued from criminal cases started a year ago. The Investigators said the cases were related to synthetic marijuana and the evidence was sent to the laboratory to verify the substance was contraband and prohibited by law.

Captain Robert Alverado said, “These people likely thought nothing was going to happen to them so much time had passed; but, we keep investigating these cases.”

The arrested people as part of the roundup include:

John  Valdez 2/12/1975
Gabriel Padron 5/20/1993
Joshua Gonzalez 1/23/1991
Hector Cardenas 7/14/1985
Bryan Guajardo 9/1/1975
and Mitchell West 11/9/1992