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Community Outreach

Animal Care Services Offer Spay & Neuter Vouchers

Animal Care Services Spay/Neuter Vouchers
When:     January 28, 2015
Where:   Animal Care Services 2626 Holly Road (826-4617)
Who:      Corpus Christi Animal Care Services

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services will issue additional free spay/neuter vouchers for residents living in the determined target areas around the city.  To claim a voucher please visit Corpus Christi Animal Care Services at 2626 Holly Rd and show proof of residency in one of the areas to receive vouchers for each of your dogs or cats requiring a spay or neuter.  This program is only for a limited time with limited funds so the faster you receive a voucher the higher the likelihood your surgery will be performed.  Animal Care Services has been performing surgeries and you will be contacted in the next few weeks for an appointment if you have already received a voucher.  Listed below are the target areas that are eligible for vouchers.  If you live within these bordering streets you are eligible.  If you have any questions please call 826-4617

Target 1 – Molina area  all streets contained within Greenwood/Horne/Old Brownsville/HWY 358

Target 2 – all streets contained within Airline/Alameda/Nile/Mcardle

Target 3 – all streets contained within Ayers/Gollihar/Weber/Mcardle

Target 4 – all streets contained within Ayers/Horne/Kostoryz/Gollihar

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services & Vector Control are located at 2626 Holly Road in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Search for Missing 35 Year Old Man

Stephen Barrett Watkins 2/21/1979 Missing Since January 22, 2015
Stephen Barrett Watkins
2/21/1979
Missing Since January 22, 2015

Date: Friday, January 23, 2015
Location: 200 Lola Johnson Road
Event: Missing Person
Case Number: 1501230054

A 66-year-old man reported his 35-year-old son, Stephen Watkins, (2/21/1979)  missing from a house on the 200 block of Lola Johnson Road to Corpus Christi Police Friday. The 66-year-old man told Officers he last heard from Watkins on January 22 and the son had struggled with personal problems. The 66-year-old man told Officers Watkins left without his car or belongings. Officers were provided information to believe that Watkins has a health risk if not located and Officers ask for help from the public to locate Watkins.

Watkins is described as a 35-year-old male with light colored skin, is 6 feet 1 inch tall, 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone who has seen Watkins, or has any information to locate Watkins should call the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600 or 886-2849 and request to provide the information to Detective R.L. Garcia.

Update:
Watkins was found by fishermen on February 1st, 2015, refer to the post at link http://wp.me/p1D8kP-4Z9.

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report January 18, 2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 244 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 17 to 3:00 p.m. on January 18, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 9:36am
Location: 2601 Waldron Road
Offense: Criminal Mischief (Penal Code Section 28.03)
Case Number: 1501180058

Three teenage women reported to the Coprus Christi Police damage to their vehicles while they were on a school trip Saturday night. The two 17-year-old women and an 18-year-old woman told Officers the vehicles were parked at the school overnight while they went on a school trip, and when the women arrived back at the parking lot at 9:30am Sunday morning, the windows were damaged. The three women estimated the cost of the damage to total about $3,400. Officers contacted the school staff and the staff said they would review video surveillance to gain images of the suspects in this criminal case.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 00:18
Location: 1938 Ennis Joslin Road
Offense: Furnishing Alcohol to Minors (Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 106.06) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1501180013

Corpus Christi Police arrested 20-year-old John Bradburn (12/16/1994) for furnishing alcohol to minors after he hosted a party at the Aspen Heights for over 20 minors to consume alcoholic beverages. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a loud party at 12:18am and found over 20 minors run from a particular apartment. The Officers investigated the apartment and found several people underage with alcoholic beverages. Officers issued citations to two 18-year-old men, a 19-year-old man, and a 20-year-old man for consumption of alcohol by a minor and released them to sober drivers to take them home as they were not residents of Aspen Heights. Officers arrested 20-year-old Ivy Baresh (8/4/1994) for consumption of alcohol by a minor and fail to identify. Officers arrested Bradburn for Furnishing alcohol to minors as he was the only resident of the apartment complex. Officers recorded that all involved in this event were university students.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 00:56
Location: 9500 State Highway 358
Event: Major Vehicle Crash
Crash Number: C1500239

Corpus Christi Police responded to a vehicle crash at 12:56am Sunday morning at the Oso Bridge in which a black 2011 GMC Sierra pickup struck the guard rail, rolled and ejected the 20-year-old man who operated the truck. An ambulance took the 20-year-old man to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening facial injuries. Officers do not believe the 20-year-old man was intoxicated and there were no other people in the truck when it crashed. Officers took reports for four vehicles which were damaged when they struck debris from the crash. No other injuries were reported.

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015,  08:02am
Location: 5100 Staples Street
Offense: Urinating In Public (Municipal Code Section CC-33-15) Class C Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1501170049

A Corpus Christi Police Officer arrested 56-year-old Thomas Petreman (5/31/1958) for urinating at a bus bench at Staples by Moore Plaza at 8am Saturday morning. The Corpus Christi Police Officer was on routine patrol and saw Petreman urinating in public, so he stopped to arrest Petreman. The Officer then delivered Petreman to the city detention center.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Investigate Man Struck by Vehicle in Parking Lot as Possibly Intentional

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 21:43
Location: 5800 Everhart Road
Offense: Aggravated Assault
Case Number: 1501140135

A woman told Police a 22-year-old man may have been intentionally struck by a vehicle in a parking lot of an apartment complex located at 5835 Everhart Road Wednesday night.

Corpus Christi Police responded to help the 22-year-old man at 9:43pm and saw the man with what Officers described as a significant head injury. An ambulance took the 22-year-old man to the hospital for medical treatment immediately. Officers learned the 22-year-old man was involved in a confrontation with two men at a convenience store at Everhart and Holly. The Officers believe the 22-year-old man left south from the store to the parking lot of the apartment complex. The Officers believe the two other men involved in the confrontation followed the 22-year-old man in a dark blue Toyota possibly a 4-Runner until the woman and her teen-aged child saw the Toyota strike the 22-year-old man. The woman told Officers the Toyota left the scene south on Everhart. No suspects have been apprehended but Officers believe they have good images of the two men. The witnesses were taken to the Corpus Christi Police Head Quarters to provide recorded statements. Officers continue to search for the two men involved in the confrontation. No other injuries or property damage was reported.

Anyone who knows who is responsible or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to provide information to Detectives and keep their identity secret should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Update:
The suspects in this case have been located. The suspects were taken to Police Headquarters to be interviewed by Detectives and no arrests have been made at the time of this report.

Community Outreach

Police Investigate Shooting On Treyway With Young Victim

Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 18:54
Location: 2022 Treyway Terrace
Offense: Aggravated Assault
Case Number: 1501130139

The Corpus Christi Police Department are investigating a shooting of an 11-year-old boy at an apartment complex located at 2022 Treyway Terrace Tuesday night.

The Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a shooting at about 7pm Tuesday night and discovered a boy, about 11 years of age, with a head injury in which Officers believed was consistent with a gunshot wound. The boy was taken with family to the hospital for treatment. The Officers were told a brief description of what happened from witnesses and saw evidence of the event and believe the injury was not self inflicted, but caused by another person. No other injuries were reported to the Officers. The Officers knocked on neighboring doors and are seeking any information available about this event. Officers have located video cameras in the area of the crime and are working to gain access to view any images captured of the event or the suspects.

So far, Officers have no suspect in custody and the description of the suspect is vague. Witnesses told Officers there was a gunshot, and two men were seen running west from the apartment to a dark car. Witnesses said the car drove away in an unknown direction of travel. The boy, remains in the hospital with what Officers believe is a significant injury.

Anyone with any additional information about this crime should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840. Information may be provided to Detectives anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or by submitting the information online at www888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Upodate:

The Corpus Christi Police Department learned that the boy did not survive his injuries. The criminal charges will be upgraded to murder.

Bravo District, Charlie District

Patrol Report January 4, 2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 147 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 3 to 8:00 a.m. January 4, 2015. These are a sample of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Sunday, January 4, 2015, 1:56am
Location: 10200 State Highway 361
Event: Major vehicle crash with Police
Crash Number: C1500039

Corpus Christi Police responded to a vehicle crash with a Nueces County Constable Patrol car on the 10200 block of State Highway 361 Sunday morning.

Corpus Christi Police learned that a white 2007 Ford Sport Utility Vehicle struck the back of a 2011 Chevy Impala marked patrol car for the Nueces County Constable’s Office on the shoulder of the roadway. The 56-year-old operator of the Sport Utility vehicle was arrested by the Port Aransas Police Department. The 43-year-old Deputy Constable was taken to the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. The crash was reported by the Corpus Christi Police Department.

Date: Saturday, January 3, 2015, 22:29
Location: 3000 Hilldale Drive
Offense: Burglary of a Habitation (Penal Code Section 30.02) 1st degree felony
Case Number: 1501030103

Corpus Christi Police arrested 34-year-old Eric Javier Garza (9/4/1980) at the 3100 block of Elderberry for burglary of a habitation, evading arrest, and criminal trespass Saturday night.

An 18 year old woman reported a burglary to a habitation on the 3000 block of Hilldale at 10:30pm Saturday night. The 18-year-old woman told Officers she was at a home on Hilldale with a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl when they saw a strange man open the back sliding glass door to the home and come inside. The 18-year-old woman told Officers the unknown man ran out the door when the girls screamed. The 18-year-old woman described the man to the Officers by tattoos and clothing description and the Officers knew the identity of the man because of numerous complaints in the area about the man. The Officers went to the Garza’s parents home nearby and found Garza. Garza has a criminal trespass warning which prohibits him from the home and Officers arrested Garza for burglary, evading arrest, and for the criminal trespassing. Officers then delivered Garza to the city detention center.

Date: Sunday, January 4, 2015, 2:00am
Location: 615 Leopard Street
Offense: Assault on a Public Servant (Penal Code Section 22.01) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1501040003

A 39-year-old man increased his criminal charges after he bit a Corpus Christi Police Officer and a Corpus Christi City Detention Center employee at the City Detention Center when they attempted to obtain a specimen of his blood Sunday morning.
Corpus Christi Police arrested 39-year-old Joe Sanchez (6/13/1975) at 10:26pm on the 3000 block of Staples Street for Driving While Intoxicated, then obtained a warrant to seize a specimen of blood from Sanchez. The phlebotomist was available at the City Detention Center, so at about 2:00am, the process began to serve the warrant and seize a specimen of blood from Sanchez. Officers said Sanchez resisted, then bit a Police Officer on the hand causing the injury to bleed and then Officers said a Detention Center employee was also bit on the hand causing the injury to bleed.
Officers did obtain a specimen of blood and the two injured men received treatment for their injuries.Officers then applied additional charges to Sanchez.

Date: Saturday, January 3, 2015, 22:14
Location: Gollihar & Kostoryz
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Synthetic marijuana) Penal Codee3 Section 49.04; Class B misdemeanor
Case Number: 1501030103

Corpus Christi Police arrested 38-year-old Jose Martinez (11/2/1976) for Driving While Intoxicated at the intersection of Gollihar and Kostoryz Saturday night. Officers observed Martinez operate a blue 2014 Ford Fusion in the wrong direction at about 1 mile per hour. Officers stopped Martinez and found him with a pipe and a substance the Officers believe is synthetic marijuana. Officers arrested Martinez, impounded the car, and obtained a specimen of blood from Martinez. Martinez was then delivered to the city detention center for Driving While Intoxicated.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

 

Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report January 2, 2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 161 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 1 to 8:00 a.m. January 2, 2015. These are a sample of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 21:29
Location: 4121 S. Port Avenue
Offense: Child Abandonment (Penal Code Section 22.041) State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1501010130

A 21-year-old man reported an abandoned child at a restaurant located at 2141 South Port Avenue to Corpus Christi Police Thursday night.
The 21-year-old man told Officers he found a 2-year-old boy in the restaurant by himself crying and with soiled pants at about 9:00 pm. The child was not injured, but frightened. The 21-year-old man told Officers he was unable to locate the parents of the child and requested law enforcement assistance. Officers requested services from the Child Protective Services. The 39-year-old mother of the child arrived at the restaurant at 11pm. The 39-year-old woman was interviewed and then left with the child.

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 23:37
Location: 3238 Buddy Lawrence Drive
Offense: Forgery of a Government Instrument (Penal Code Section 32.21) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number:  1501010134

A 56-year-old woman reported a counterfeit bill passed at a store located at 3238 Buddy Lawrence Drive to Corpus Christi Police Thursday night.
The 56-year-old woman told Officers she is employed as a clerk at the store and was approached at about 11:30pm by a woman who attempted to pay for merchandise with a fake ten dollar bill. The 56-year-old woman told Officers she immediately knew the bill was obviously not real, and confronted the woman about the counterfeit bill. The 56-year-old woman told Officers the woman left the store and left in a late model white Ford Taurus. The Officers collected the bill as evidence and continue to investigate this case.

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2015, 20:45
Location: 701 N. Staples Street
Offense: Forgery of a Government Instrument (Penal Code Section 32.21) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1501010123

Corpus Christi Police arrested 19-year-old Manuel Perez (9/11/1995) for attempting to pay for merchandise at a convenience store with fake twenty dollar bills Thursday night.
A 55-year-old woman called Corpus Christi Police at 8:45pm to complain that a man attempted to pay for merchandise at the store located at 701 North Staples with a fake twenty dollar bill and left in a black Dodge Nitro. Corpus Christi Police found the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop at the 600 block of Sam Rankin and contacted Perez to investigate the complaint.
Officers collected information and evidence in this case, then arrested Perez for Forgery of a Government Instrument, a 3rd degree felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Officers delivered Perez to the city detention center.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Community Outreach, Patrol Division

Police Report New Years Eve By the Numbers

Spent fireworks litter Corpus Christi residential streets
Spent fireworks litter Corpus Christi residential streets

The Corpus Christi Police Department worked through the New Years celebrations and have numbers to report to the public of the activity overnight.

There were 173 formal criminal complaints reported to the Corpus Christi Police Department and 30 vehicle crash reports filed by the Corpus Christi Police Officers. There were 910 fireworks complaints to the Corpus Christi Police Department between 6pm December 31, 2014 and 6am January 1, 2015. Corpus Christi Police Officers arrested 62 people overnight. Of those 62 people who spent New Years in jail, 9 were for intoxicated driving.

173 – Offense reports;
30 – vehicle crash reports;
910 – Fireworks calls;
62 – People arrested;
5 – Driving While Intoxicated as a first offense;
2 – Driving While Intoxicated with a B.A.C. over .15;
2 – Driving While Intoxicated with a previous conviction;
2 – Minors In Possession of alcoholic beverages;
0 – fatal crashes;
0 – Intoxicated assaults;

Check the website, Crimereports.com to get more specific information on the reported criminal activity in your neighborhood. If you have information about a crime, give a tip to Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is confidential and it could earn you a cash reward.

Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report December 31, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 170 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight December 30 to 8:00 a.m. December 31, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 18:29 Location: 700 North Chaparral Street Offense: Warrant of Arrest (Code of Criminal Procedure Section 15.02) Case Number: 1412300114

Corpus Christi Police Officers arrested 22-year-old Jacob Garcia (4/27/1992) Tuesday night at the 700 block of North Chaparral for a warrant for his arrest for a murder in Harris County.

Detectives from the Houston Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Gulf Coast Fugitives and Violent Offenders Task Force tracked Garcia to Corpus Christi and requested assistance from the Corpus Christi Police Department. Officers located a black Cadillac with Garcia as a passenger and Officers conducted the arrest. Corpus Christi Police Officers then delivered Garcia to the city detention center.

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 20:26 Location: 5901 Weber Road Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony Case Number: 1412300121

A 43-year-old man reported an aggravated robbery at 5901 Weber Road to the Corpus Christi Police Tuesday Night. The 43-year-old man explained to Officers that he went to an apartment for a date with a 21-year-old woman he met online. The 43-year-old man told Officers he entered a bare apartment and the woman displayed a handgun and demanded cash. The 43-year-old man told Officers he gave the woman money and left without any injury. Officers were not able to locate the woman and learned the apartment where the robbery happened was vacant and not leased to anyone. The 43-year-old man described the woman as 5 feet 4 inches tall, about 145 pounds, and had black hair and brown eyes. Officers believe they know the identity of the woman and will apply for a warrant for her arrest.

Date: Monday, December 29, 2014, 16:05 Location: 5530 Everhart Road Offense: Forgery of a Government Instrument (Penal Code Section 32.21) 3rd Degree Felony Case Number: 1412290085

A 22-year-old man reported a forgery at 5530 Everhart Road to Corpus Christi Police Monday afternoon. The 22-year-old man told Officers a woman attempted to buy a meal with a counterfeit ten dollar bill. The 22-year-old man told Officers he informed the woman the bill was fake, and the woman paid with a credit card. The 22-year-old man told Officers the woman a used counterfeit money to pay for food in the past, and the 22-year-old man presented the fake bills to Officers and said the woman had left prior to the Officers arrival.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Have a safe New Year!

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Emergency Services Search For Missing Kayaker

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2014, 19:34
Location: 11800 South Padre Island Drive
Event: Missing Person
Case Number: 1412270131

Corpus Christi Police and other Emergency Services are searching for a man who was last seen in the water near the JFK Causeway Saturday night.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a distress call in which three people were stranded in the water of the Laguna Madre near the 11800 block of South Padre Island Drive. Emergency crews rescued a 22-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man. The two rescued people explained they boated on a kayak with a 32-year-old man in the water when the weather changed and the wind caused their boat to capsize. The 22-year-old woman and the 33-year-old man wore life vests at the time of the event. The woman and man told Officers the 32-year-old man attempted to swim to shore, but they last saw the man in the water. A search was conducted and the 32-year-old man was not found.

The Corpus Christi Police Dive Team went out to the area and searched with SONAR but did not locate anything out of the ordinary and the 32-year-old man is still missing. The missing 32-year-old man is identified as Juan Martinez and was last seen wearing an orange knit cap, camouflaged long sleeve shirt and camouflaged waders. The Corpus Christi Police Dive Team has discontinued their search until more indicators of the man’s location may be identified. Corpus Christi Police ask for aid from the public to locate the 32-year-old man. Anyone with any information to help locate the missing 32-year-old man should call the Corpus Christi Police at 886-2600.