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Officers responded to a single vehicle accident and arrived to find Cody Walter Kite (09/26/90) attempting to back out his blue 2003 Toyota Tundra out of the bushes and away from the pole he had struck. Kite was contacted and appeared to be intoxicated. He was administered Standard Field Sobriety Tests and a warrant was obtained for a blood draw. Kite was medically cleared and arrested. He was transported and booked at the CDC. Kite was charged with Driving While Intoxicated
Tue/9:59p.m. Burglary of a Vehicle 300 N. Shoreline 1108300145
An Officer, leaving the police department and beginning his shift, noticed a White male looking into vehicles at the Best Western.
The Officer pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the suspect who was too preoccupied to notice him. Robert Baker (08/02/62) was arrested after he stole a couple of beers from a cooler inside the back of a gold 2004 Chevrolet pick-up truck.
He was transported and booked at the CDC. He was charged with Burglary of a Vehicle. The 42-year-old owner of the vehicle arrived during the investigation and the beer was returned to him.
Police received a call at 4:35 a.m. from a passerby reference a man down; when they arrived, they located a 40-year old male lying on the roadway deceased.
The Medical Examiner’s office has released the name of the victim as Michael Olivarez (7.29.1971). They also indicate that the victim had been shot multiple times. The investigation has also revealed that Mr. Olivarez was not from Corpus Christi. Detectives also indicated that a secondary crime scene was located at a car wash at Ayers/Sacky. Detectives collected items at the scene and are currently evaluating them.
If anyone has any information related to this incident we ask them to call Crime Stoppers at 888 TIPS.
Officers contacted the 53-year-old victim who reported two males followed him from the ACE check cashing store to the H.E.B. in Moore Plaza. The victim told Officers one of the males asked for a cigarette as he waited for a cab at the H.E.B. exit area. When the cab arrived, the suspect shoved the victim into the cab, pinned him down, and took his money from his pocket. The suspect then fled on foot. The victim and a 26-year-old bystander chased the suspect. The bystander caught up to suspect at the Vitamin Shop and recovered most of the money stolen returning it to the victim. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 24 to 35 years of age, 5”7 to 5”9 feet tall and weighing 155 to 175 lbs. He was last seen wearing a blue polo style short sleeve shirt with black and white stripes, light-colored shorts, and a dark-colored baseball cap. No further description is available on the getaway driver. Both suspects were last seen fleeing in a red Chevrolet pickup. Anyone having any information regarding this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or the Corpus Christi Police Department Homicide/Robbery Bureau.
On Thursday, August 18th, 2011, the Corpus Christi Police Department will host its second Business Summit at the Del Mar Economic Development Center located at 3209 S. Staples. Corpus Christi businesses encounter theft, credit card abuse and identity theft on a daily basis.
The Corpus Christi Police Department invites you to attend this free event to assist in our continued effort to combat these types of crimes. Our businesses also face the threat of a devastating natural disaster during hurricane season. The purpose of the Summit is to bring together business owners and managers to share information to better protect themselves against these types of incidents. Topics presented by expert speakers include theft prevention, disaster preparation and identity theft.
Please RSVP as soon as possible to Sandra Cantu at 361-886-2615 or Candyce Hedrick at 361-886-2844.
Feel free to forward this message to any person or business you feel would benefit from attending the event.
Officers contacted a Coca Cola vendor at the Stripes Convenience Store who reported a green Dodge Caravan drove over his merchandise and fled. While Officers were talking to the vendor, the suspect returned and Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle. The driver Dalton McCandless (09/16/90) refused to stop and fled again. McCandless failed to negotiate the turn at Park Road 22 and Hwy 361, jumped the curb and came to a stop in the parking lot of the American Bank. The passenger remained in his seat, but McCandless jumped into the back seat and laid down. He denied being the driver and told Officers he was asleep in the backseat. McCandless had to be physically removed from the vehicle when he refused to show Officers’ his hands and sustained abrasions to his face. He was medically cleared at the scene by CCFD emergency personnel. McCandless and the passenger Nestor Pedron (04/18/76) who appeared intoxicated were arrested. McCandless was charged with Evading Arrest with a Vehicle, while Pedron was charged with Public Intoxication.
Officers responded to the Bay Shore Inn for a shooting in which a victim had been struck by gunfire. Upon their arrival, Officers found 22-year-old Aaron Lee Barrera deceased. Witnesses told Officers, two masked men kicked in the door and shot the victim. A female in the room was unharmed. The suspects fled the Bay Shore Inn and a search was initiated. The Corpus Christi Police Department was assisted in the search for the suspects by the Texas Department of Public Safety Air Support and the Nueces County Sheriff’s Department Canine Tracking Unit. The Corpus Christi Police Department Homicide/Robbery Bureau continues their investigation and asks that anyone having any information regarding this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS.
Officers contacted Virginia Stockner (08/14/81) who was traveling eastbound on Saratoga in her blue 2010 Nissan Sentra when she lost control. The Nissan drove off the roadway onto the sidewalk striking an AEP pole and a fence. Stockner did not to sustain any injuries, but did appear intoxicated. She was provided Standard Field Sobriety Tests and a Blood Draw. Stockner was medically cleared and arrested. She was booked at the CDC and charged with Driving While Intoxicated.
11:32 p.m. Possession of Cont. Subs. Panama/Weber 1108140145
Officers contacted a 40-year-old female who reported a male approached her in a green Pontiac Grand Am who attempted to convince her to get in the vehicle. She told Officers the male fled in the vehicle northbound on Weber Road. Officers searched the area and pulled over the suspect Carlos Castaneda-De-Leon (09/10/89) in a nearby apartment complex parking lot. He told Officers he just wanted to give the complainant a ride home. Castaneda was found to be in possession of a couple of cellophane baggies with Cocaine and arrested. He was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.
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