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Community Outreach

New Animal Sweep Zones to Start 08/10/2013

A Proactive Approach in City Animal Services

PAAC & CCACS Block Walk – Mohawk St & Virginia, August 10, 2013:  City of Corpus Christi, Animal Care Services is dedicated to proactive change in our community.  It is our goal to vigorously address the stray animal and overpopulation problem within our community.  We do this trough the following outreach methods.

Education

Assistance

Targeted Spay-Neuter and Vaccinations

Enforcement

PHASE ONE of this plan is performed by PAAC volunteers and Animal Control Officers working together in a combined effort to educate the target areas.  PAAC & CCACS will perform a block walk on 08/10/2013 in the Mohawk and Virginia Street areas.  CCACS will network within the zones by going door-to-door, attending community meetings and speaking to community businesses.  Staff and volunteers will hand out educational flyers with pertinent information about spay/neuter and vaccination clinics to be performed by City of Corpus Christi Animal Care Services Veterinarian Clinic.

CCACS is proud of the community involvement and positive response to the sweeps across the City.

Criminal Investigations Division

Detectives Make Arrest In Burglary Cases

UPDATE: Detectives working the Greenbriar and Fitzhugh Burglary cases obtained information that one of men involved was Jesse Robert Jimenez (DOB 3.12.1993). Patrol Officers had contacted Jimenez during a traffic stop on July 31, 2013 where he was arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Case # 1307310166). He is currently in the Nueces Co. Jail.

Jimenez has been charged with the Burglary on Greenbriar and preparations are being made to charge him with the Burglary on Fitzhugh.

Detectives continue to follow-up on leads to identify the others involved. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers @ 888-TIPS. 

Date: July 30, 2013, 6:54am

Location: 6300 Fitzhugh Drive http://tinyurl.com/qx9acc3 
Event: Burglary of a Habitation
Case Number: 1307300028

A 14-year-old home alone told Police he heard a large noise and went to investigate.  He walked out to his room to find a Hispanic man inside the residence.  The teenager startled the man and he ran out of the residence.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, standing 5’6″ to 5’7″ feet tall, and weighing 230 lbs.  The man had his face covered with a bandana and armed with a baseball bat.  He was wearing a white muscle shirt and blue jeans.

The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Bureau.  If you have any information concerning this crime, please call the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.

Date: July 30, 2013, 7:37am
Location: 5200 Greenbriar http://tinyurl.com/pukx6ov 
Event: Burglary of a Habitation
Case Number: 1307300034

Approximately forty minutes later, Police were called to the Greenbriar Drive residence where a 40-year-old woman told Officers she heard banging on a side door.  When she walked over to the door, she observed a Hispanic male with his face covered.  He asked her to open the door and she refused, motioning that she was calling Police.

The man fled and joined a couple of other men who were attempting to open a garage door.  The men drove off in white Volkswagen Jetta.

The suspect is described as stocky Hispanic man with a spiked hair and standing 5’6″ feet tall. He was wearing a white muscle shirt.  The other suspects were only described as Hispanic men.

Detectives are looking at the possibility that both burglaries are related.  The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Bureau.  If you have any information concerning this crime, please call the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.

Anyone who would like to provide information to the Detectives and keep their identity secret may provide the information through Crime Stoppers at 886-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com.  Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in arrest will earn the caller a cash reward.

Traffic Safety Division

CCPD Conducts Speed Enforcement Operation

On 1 Aug 2013 Officers assigned to the Traffic Division conducted a speed enforcement operation on State Highway 181 near the Harbor Bridge and State Highway 358 (S.P.I.D.).

During the operation officers stopped 114 vehicles and issued citations for 153 violations. Of those 153 violations, 95 were for speeding.  10 were for speeding, in excess of 20 mph over the posted speed limit, with the fastest speed being 86 mph in a 55 mph zone.

13 of the speeding citations met the criteria for aggressive driving under the Operation S.A.D. initiative. 

The Traffic Safety Division will continue to conduct speed enforcement operations throughout the city.

 

Traffic Safety Division

Crash Investigators Respond to Two Major Crashes

Date: 7.27.2013
Time: 2:35 a.m.
Location: 4000 SPID (westbound)
Case Numbers: 1307270026, C1305552

Officers were called and responded for a Crash Follow-up at 0235hrs. The investigation indicated that it was a single vehicle, single occupant crash. The vehicle, driven by a 33 year old male, was west bound at a high rate of speed in the left lane. It appears that the driver over-corrected the 1998 Pontiac which then traveled about 300′, jumping the left curb, running through bushes and impacting a concrete pillar. The inertia wedged the car between the pillar and a retaining wall.

The driver did not survive his injuries.

Date: 7.27.2013
Time: 11:47 a.m.
Location: 4300 S. Alameda
Case Numbers: C130556 and 1307270054

Crash Investigators received a call for follow-up in the 4300 blk. of S. Alameda. Upon arriving it was found that a motorcycle being driven by 49 year old male, was east bound on Alameda when a car being driven by a 66 year old male, made an unsafe turn in front of him. The motorcycle struck the back of the vehicle and the rider was thrown to the roadway. He was not wearing a helmet and struck his head on the pavement. He sustained major head trauma and was transported to Spohn Memorial for treatment. As of this writing, the rider was in critical condition.

There were no indications that alcohol was a factor.

Community Outreach

Animal Care Services In The Running

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services is proud to announce their current standing in the Rachael Ray Challenge.

The Rachael Ray Challenge started June 1, 2013 and will continue through August 31. The totals have been posted on the ASPCA Rachael Ray Challenge leader board. They are ranked 9th overall, and 2nd in division 4. The ranking is based on increase in live release of animals compared to June – Aug of 2012.

You can support their efforts by adopting an animal at Corpus Christi Animal Care Services, volunteering within their facility, animal sponsorship through their P.A.A.C.-People Assisting Animal Control partners, and/or liking them Facebook. Please help them be #1.

For more information visit http://challenge.aspcapro.org/contestants

Traffic Safety Division

DWI’s – By The Numbers

DWI Statistics – By The Numbers

DWI & DUI Arrest
July 15, 2013 618
Same time 2012 512 up 20%
Total in 2012 1036

DWI Arrests Last 3 Months
July (thru 7/15) 46
June 2013 111
May 2013 88
April 2013 90

Note: The 111 DWI arrest made in June 2013 is an all time high for the month of June. Previous June high was 100 DWI arrest made in 1993.

2013 DWI Stats

609 DWI Arrest as of July 15, 2013
9 DUI Arrest as of July 15, 2013
130 Suspects consented to give a sample of their breath
269 Suspects consented to give a sample of their blood
192 Suspects refused to give a sample of breath or blood and a search warrant was obtained
15 Suspects refused to give consent of breath or blood and a mandatory blood draw was required
3 Suspects refused both blood and breath request, and no evidence was obtained.
609 cases filed and in 606 cases a sample of breath or blood was obtained.
75 Felony DWI cases:
(46 for DWI with two or more prior convictions; 18 for intoxicated assault; 9 DWI Child; 2 intoxicated manslaughter)
.18 Average Breath /Blood results from suspects
225 DWI arrest were involved in Traffic Crashes

Delta District

Delta District Incident Report

Date: July 14, 2013 9:00am
Event: Major Vehicle Accident/DWI
Case Number: 1307140045/C1305200
Location: Headley & Sarita

Officers were dispatched for a Major Vehicle Accident at Headley & Sarita in which the driver had fled the scene. The call had indicated that several residents of neighborhood were chasing the driver as he was running away. Officers located Jose Rodriguez 8.6.1980 in the 2400 block of Niagra. He was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated.

Date: July 14, 2013, 6:18pm
Event: Jumper on the Bridge
Case Number: 1307140119
Location: Hwy 181 (Harbor Bridge)

Officers responded to the Harbor Bridge for a vehicle parked in the roadway. Officers located a 29 year old male who had climbed over the safety railing and jumped into the water. Marina Patrol had located him in the water, pulled him into their boat and began CPR. The man was transported to the Barge Dock area where Medic units with the Fire Department began treatment. He was taken to Spohn Memorial for treatment. The man’s truck was impounded.

Update: At 10:52 a.m. July 15, the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office notified us that the male had not survived his injuries.

Date: July 13, 2013 9:29pm
Event: Aggravated Assault w/Deadly Weapon, Resisting Arrest
Case Number: 1307130132
Location: 800 Indiana

Officers were dispatched to the 800 Block of Indiana for a Stabbing. Upon arrival they located the 22 year old male victim who was being treated by medical personnel.

The 22 year old male stated that he had been stabbed by a male who was accompanied by two females in a dark colored vehicle. The confrontation began over a disturbance regarding loud music being played and coming from the dark colored vehicle as it continued to drive up and down Indiana. The three individuals had left the area prior to the arrival of Officers.

Officers were able to obtain information about the vehicle and located it in the 4100 Block of Montego shortly thereafter. The three individuals were identified as Franco Bucato (12.21.1988), Araceli Medina (6.14.1996) charged with Agg. Assault w/Deadly Weapon (2F) and Cassandra Ramos (5.20.1996) charged with Agg. Assault w/Deadly Weapon and Resisting Arrest. They were taken to the City Detention Center.

The 22 year old victim was transported to Spohn Memorial for treatment of his injuries.

Adam District

Adam District Incident Report

Date: July 14, 2013, 4:42pm
Event: Aggravated Assault
Case Number: 1307140110
Location: 9400 Morrow

Units were dispatched to the 9400 blk of Morrow for a Stabbing. Upon arriving they located a 59 year old with a stab wound to the chest area. Officers determined that Mistiphone Rainwater (10.23.1971) had stabbed the 59 year old during an argument. She was arrested and taken to the City Detention Center. The 59 year old was transported to Spohn Memorial to be treated.

Community Outreach

4th of July Beach – Update

Corpus Christi Police Department
4th of July Enforcement and Operations – Update

During the 4th of July weekend the Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) assigned an additional six officers to the beach. The following numbers are from the additional assignment.

Arrests: 12
Firework Citations: 2
Directive to Apprehend: 1
Curfew: 2
Minor in Possession: 3

The CCPD also joined forces with the Fire Department to enforce the Consumer Fireworks ordinance during the night of the 4th of July. In all, 21 citations were issued during this enforcement period.

Between 6 p.m. July 4th to 5 a.m. July 5th the Corpus Christi Police Department’s MetroCom recieved 1,178 calls for service. Of those calls, 395 were solely for fireworks.

Bravo District

Officers Find Pipe Bomb During Assault Call

Date: July 8, 2013, 3:07am
Location:  14000 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/Dr1Co
Event:  Assault, Public Intoxication
Case Number:  1307080022

 

Officers were called to 14000 Block of SPID for an intoxicated suspect who had been involved in a disturbance.

Officers located the suspect’s vehicle behind the Ocean Treasures building located at 14049 SPID. They observed a man, later identified as Anthony Quintanilla (12.5.1988,) in the field next to the building. Officers observed him to have something in his hand. When the Officers made contact with Quintanilla he dropped the item in the field and was soon taken into custody.

Officers located the item that Quintanilla had dropped in the field. They believed it to be an explosive device (Pipe Bomb). Officers secured the scene and called for the CCPD Bomb Squad. The bomb squad was able to locate the device and make it safe. The field was then searched for additional devices but none were found. Officers received assistance from the US Navy Bomb Squad along with agents from the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in searching the field and also the suspect’s vehicle. The suspect’s vehicle was impounded.

Quintanilla was arrested for Public Intoxication and Assault and was taken to the City Detention Center.

QUintanilla could possibly be facing additional charges for the bomb like device that was found. The CCPD Bomb Squad is working in cooperation with ATF on that case.