All posts by Senior Officer Julia Hernandez-Garcia

Community Outreach

Animal Care Services Sweeps Flour Bluff, W. Lakeside Area

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services has been working diligently on educating the public on stray animals, registering owned pets with Animal Services and other animal related ordinances.

Animal Services performed a sweep on August 06, 2013 at 8:00am of Flour Bluff and the  West Lakeside area. Officers made contact with many residents; nine (9) citations were issued and three (3) dogs were returned to the owner.

Animal Control will be in the Agnes / Laredo area and the 6300 block of Old Brownsville Road on Wednesday, August 7, 2013.

For further information, please contact Heather Hedrick, Animal Care Services Program Manager at 361-826-4630.

Community Outreach

Women Sought in Credit Card Fraud Investigation

Corpus Christi Financial Crimes Detectives are asking the public’s assistance in identifying two women who have been involved using stolen credit cards at several local businesses.

Police Investigators now have video surveillance images of the two women and ask anyone who can identify these suspects or have any additional information about this crime to call the Corpus Christi Police Auto Financial Crimes Unit at 886-2841.  The videos have been uploaded to YouTube at http://youtu.be/ADqRWGH50wY and http://youtu.be/vPGccFisIDE

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

 

 

Bravo District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Help needed to find missing woman

HarrietMullin

Date:  August 5, 2013, 8:55pm
Location: 13700 Tajamar Court http://goo.gl/maps/gng1u
Event: Missing Elderly
Case Number:  1308050176

The Corpus Christi Police Department is asking the public’s assistance to locate 90-year-old Harriett Mullin who was reported missing Monday evening.   Mrs. Mullin’s daughter told Officers her mother suffers from Alzheimer’s and is concerned for her safety and well-being.

Mrs. Mullin is a White female, 5’3” feet tall, and weighs 96 lbs.  She has gray hair and brown eyes.  She was last seen wearing a blue and white striped zipper shirt, beige sweat pants, one blue and one brown shoe.

Anyone having any information regarding Harriet’s whereabouts is encouraged to call the Police Department at 361-886-2600 or Corpus Christi Police Department Homicide/Robbery Detective Ramiro Torres at 361-548-0975.

Adam District, Community Outreach

Adam District Report for August 6, 2013

Date:  August 5, 2013, overnight
Location: 1300 block of Calle San Lucas http://goo.gl/maps/i6eMH
Event:  Burglary of a Vehicle
Case Number:  1308050029, 1308050042, and 1308050056

Three auto burglaries were reported from the 1300 block of Calle San Lucas.  A 2003 Ford F150, a 2008 Ford F250, and 2014 Ford Mustang were burglarized.  Taken from the vehicles were a radio, an iPod, and cash.

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

Charlie District, Community Outreach

Charlie District Report for August 6, 2013

Date:  August 6, 2013, 05:17am
Location:  3201 S.P.I.D. http://goo.gl/maps/P5y2j
Event:  Robbery 
Case Number:  1308060010

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Police contacted the 33-year-old store clerk who reported being robbed at knifepoint by a masked man.  The suspect stole the money from the register and a carton of cigarettes.  Neither the store manager nor the clerk were injured during the robbery.

The suspect is described as Hispanic man, standing 5’10” feet tall to 6’ feet tall, and weighing 130 to 150 lbs.  He was last seen wearing a black   t-shirt, blue jeans, and a mask.

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

Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Help Solve a Theft and Earn Some Cash

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Date:  July 30, 2013, 2:22pm
Location: 1710 S. Alameda Street http://goo.gl/maps/RYffU
Event:  Theft
Case Number: 1307300105

Corpus Christi Police Property Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to help identify a young woman involved in the theft a $2,000 Louis Vuitton.  The 24-year-old victim left the purse in the women’s restroom of Hester’s Cafe.  When the victim returned for her purse, she discovered it was gone.

Surveillance video shows a young Hispanic female carrying the victim’s purse. The suspect was accompanied by a Hispanic man and woman who can be seen carrying a young child.  The purse was found at the Bleu Frog Mercantile.

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

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

Police Cite Kirkwood Hit and Run Driver

Date:  July 28, 2013, 2:40am
Location:  4500 Kirkwood Drive http://goo.gl/maps/UMKdM
Event:  Hit and Run
Case Number:  1307280078/C1305586

Corpus Christi Police Hit and Run Investigators have filed charges on the suspect responsible for the early morning accident involving three vehicles.

The driver of a red Chevrolet Camaro was traveling southbound on Kirkwood Drive when he struck a parked Chevrolet Cobalt which was pushed into a Chevrolet Silverado.  The driver fled leaving a piece of the front bumper behind.

Hit and Run Investigators narrowed down the suspect vehicle to four vehicles in the city.  Officer G. Casas located the Camaro and identified the driver.

Felipe Morales (04/09/93) was cited for Unsafe Change from a Direct Course and Failure to Remain and Report at an Accident.

Charlie District, Community Outreach

Charlie District Report for August 2, 2013

Date:  August 1, 2013, 7:54pm
Location: 1530 Airline Road
Event: Reckless Driving
 Case Number:  1308010162

Jose Carlos Rojas
Jose Carlos Rojas

Police observed a silver Nissan Rogue being chased by a white tow truck as they traveled eastbound in the 5700 block of Holly Road.  The tow truck pulled over, but the Rogue continued on swerving all over the road and onto the curb near several apartment complexes.

Officers caught up to the Rogue and pulled it over near Williams Drive and Airline Road.  The driver Jose Carlos Rojas (09/05/74) was arrested.  Further investigation revealed the 30-year-old passenger was the owner of the car and both men were trying to evade the tow truck driver who was trying to repossess the car.

Rojas was charged with Reckless Driving and booked at the City Detention Center.  The car was impounded, but the owner of the car was released.

Date:  August 2, 2013, 12:25am
Location:  4700 S. Padre Island Drive
Event:  Accident involving Cyclist
Case Number:  C1305675

A 23-year-old woman driving a gray Chevrolet Equinox northbound struck a bicyclist as he attempted to cross S. Padre Island Drive.  The 32-year-old cyclist was taken to Spohn Memorial where he was treated for minor injuries.   Both the driver and the 22-year-old passenger in the SUV were not injured.

The woman told Officers she tried to avoid the crash, but was unable to see the cyclist as there were no lights on his bicycle.  Lt. R. Jenkins reports the cyclist was cited for not having a light affixed to the front of his bicycle.

Criminal Investigations Division

Wedding Planner Arrested in Amherst, New York

The Corpus Christi Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit was advised that wedding planner Justin Lee Olle had been arrested Tuesday evening by the Village of Amherst Police Department (New York) on a Theft warrant.

Olle, who owned a wedding planning business named Justin Lee Designs, is under investigation after numerous complaints were filed with the Corpus Christi Police Department.

If you are a victim please ensure that you have filed a police report and provided all the necessary documentation to Detective Mathews, of the Financial Crimes Division, no later than August 22, 2013.

The Nueces County Sheriff’s Department will handle the extradition of Olle to Corpus Christi.

Delta District

Delta District Report for July 31, 2013

Date:  July 30, 2013,
Location:  522 Van Cleve http://goo.gl/maps/pzaWa
Event:  Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Case Number: 137300136
HectorBorregoJrPolice received complaints of a wanted subject who was drug dealing in the area of 500 Van Cleve.  Hector Borrego Jr. (01/10/89) ran when he observed the Officers.  He was caught and arrested.

Borrego became upset when he was informed he was wanted and started kicking at the bars inside the police car.  He also kicked one of the Officers as he attempted to escape.

Officers searched the area where Borrego began running from the Officer and found a firearm.  He was also found to have approximately 2.69 grams of Cocaine.

Borrego was booked at the City Detention Center and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Possession of Controlled Substance, Resisting Arrest, and an outstanding Nueces County warrant for Failure to Appear on an Evading Arrest charge.  No Bond on the warrant.