The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 203 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 14 to 7:00 a.m. on April 15, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 04/15/2015       12:50 AM
Location: 5500 State Highway 358 East
Offense: Evading Arrest in a Vehicle
P.C.  38.04      Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1504150008
Corpus Christi Police responded to a crash on State Highway 358 east just before South Staples Street.

When officers arrived they found a 2000 Honda Accord had crashed into the center median of the freeway and had parts hanging off the car as well as two flat tires.

As officers approached the crash scene the driver took off, attempting to flee police east on the freeway even though his vehicle had extensive damage.  The suspect vehicle traveled with police behind him until he finally exited the freeway at Nile Drive and turned into a restaurant parking lot.

After an investigation, the driver, Justin Capistran (09/08/1992), was determined to be intoxicated.  He was arrested for driving while intoxicated, hit and run, and evading police in a vehicle.

Damaged suspect vehicle pulling over for police

 

 

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 04/14/2015       10:50 PM
Location: 5000 South Padre Island Drive East Access
Offense: Burglary
P.C.  30.04      Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1504140152
Corpus Christi Police were able to arrest a man that they believe broke into several cars parked at two different restaurants.

Officers originally responded to the BJ’s Brewhouse and the TGI Fridays restaurant parking lot located along the 5000 block of South Padre Island Drive and found six vehicles that had been damaged and that had property removed from inside.

A witness gave officers a description of the vehicle that he saw a male suspect get into after breaking into one of the parked cars.

Other officers in the area found the suspect vehicle, a 1994 Honda Accord, parked at a hotel located at 8202 South Padre Island Drive a short time later.

When they went to investigate at the front desk, they were able to determine who had registered the vehicle when they checked into the hotel.

Officers along with hotel staff walked to the hotel room the suspect was in, and made contact with him.  Inside they found several items that had just been reported stolen from the six vehicles.  Also in the room was a female.

The male suspect, Michael Castillo (06/22/1978) and the female Belinda Garza 04/23/1975) were both arrested for burglary.

The stolen property was recovered by officers.

 

 

“DELTA” District
Date: 04/15/2015       4:15 AM
Location: 700 North Chaparral Street
Offense: Possession of a Controlled Substance
H.S.C. 481.115           State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1504150021
A man who could not pay his taxi cab fare led Corpus Christi Police to a bag of drugs.

Officers responded to the Greyhound Bus Station, located at 702 North Chaparral Street, after a customer could not pay for his cab ride.

The cab driver said he had picked up the man at a south side restaurant and given him a ride to the bus station.  When they arrived the man told the driver he had no money to pay the fare.   The suspect got out of the cab and started walking down the street before officers arrived and stopped him.

When it was determined that the man had no way to pay the $40 fare, officers arrested him for theft of service, a Class B misdemeanor.  In the suspects’ pants pocket officers found a plastic bag containing cocaine.  The suspect was additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony.

 

 

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