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Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/21/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 925 calls for service and generated 215 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 20 to 7:00 a.m. on October 21, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

Date: 10/20/2015       5:00 AM
Location: 400 Ohio Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.02     Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1510200025
A 73 year old female called Corpus Christi Police after she found that her home, located in the 400 block of Ohio Street, had been broken into and her vehicle stolen.

The victim told Officers that the suspect stole a lap top, a television, and her wallet with cash inside while she was asleep inside. The suspect then stole the keys to her 2000 Dodge Durango and loaded the stolen items into the vehicle and left.

It appears as though the suspects may have gained entry into the home through an unlocked back sliding glass door.

The stolen vehicle was found with the keys in the ignition abandoned a few hours later at Craig Street and Santa Fe Street.

At this time, no suspects have been identified.

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Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/20/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 831 calls for service and generated 219 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 19 to 7:00 a.m. on October 20, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

Date: 10/20/2015       3:45 AM
Location: 1700 Bernandino Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.04     Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1510200024
Several neighbors called Corpus Christi Police after a couple caught a man breaking into their vehicle.

When Officers arrived, they found a man holding down another man in the front yard of a home in the 1700 block of Bernandino Street. The 40 year old man told Officers he was inside his home when he saw a man riding in the street on a bicycle. He then saw the man go into his parked 2013 Buick sedan.

The man and his wife came out of their home and were able to hold the suspect down until the police arrived. Officers arrested the suspect, Timothy Naranjo (01/24/1981), for burglary
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Bravo District, SWAT Operations

Three People Walk Out Of Apartment After SWAT Standoff

Corpus Christi Police were dispatched to a disturbance with a weapon at an apartment complex located at 7350 Mc Ardle Road just before midnight on October 19.

When Officers arrived, the person that leases the apartment, a 39 year old female, told them that a male suspect, had her 19 year old son and his 20 year old girlfriend in her apartment and he was holding them at gun point.

The female said that she arrived at her apartment to find the male suspect fighting with her son. The female told him to leave the apartment and he pointed a rifle type gun at her and told her to get out or he would kill her and her son. The female also told Officers that the girl inside the apartment was the ex-girlfriend of both her son and the suspect. The girlfriend was reported to have a cut to her forehead from the altercation in the apartment with the men.

Officers were able to observe through a window, the female inside the apartment  bleeding from her head and two males arguing and pacing back and forth around her. When Officers attempted to make contact by knocking on an apartment window and front door, no one answered.

Officers were also informed that the male suspect may be armed with a rifle or a handgun that was inside the apartment. Corpus Christi Police SWAT and HNT were called out and after almost three hours all three people in the apartment walked out.

Officers arrested Christian Lawson (09/14/1993) for aggravated assault. He was additionally charged with four outstanding arrest warrants that had been issued.

The female was treated at the scene by CCFD EMS for injuries to her head.

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/19/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 758 calls for service and generated 180 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 18 to 7:00 a.m. on October 19, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/19/2015       4:10 AM
Location: 4400 Prescott Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.02     State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1510190020
Two businesses were broken into in the 4400 block of Prescott Street.

Officers, answering an alarm call, arrived and found that the telephone wires to the Prescott Meat Market, and the Cornerstone Christian Church had both been cut. The suspects pried open the back doors of both business to gain entry inside.

Officers continue to investigate this crime, and at this time it is unknown if any property was removed from either business.

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Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/16/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 1007 calls for service and generated 219 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 15 to 7:00 a.m. on October 16, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/15/2015       6:50 AM
Location: 6300 Wooldridge Road
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.02     State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1510150035
Employees arriving for work at the Wingstop Restaurant, located in the 6300 block of Wooldridge Road, called Corpus Christi Police after they found the business had been broken into.

Officers arrived and found the front glass door of the business had been shattered and completely broken out.

They were able to watch security video that showed a male suspect, wearing a hat or bandana to cover his face, throw a rock through the glass door and then go inside the building. The suspect is then seen going behind the counter and going through cabinets. The suspect then picks up two cash registers and throws them on the ground in an attempt to break them open.

The suspect then grabs the cash registers and runs back out the broken glass door.

Those registers were later recovered by Officers dumped at a city park on Buggywhip Drive.

At this time no suspects have been identified in this case.
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Front door to the Wing Stop restaurant

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Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/15/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 936 calls for service and generated 212 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 14 to 7:00 a.m. on October 15, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/14/2015       11:10 PM
Location: 14200 Commodores Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C. 49.04     Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1510140152
A Corpus Christi Police were dispatched to a one car crash with a truck and a fire hydrant in front of Schlitterbahn Waterpark.

Officers arrived and found a 2012 GMC Sierra truck stuck in the mud with water running from under the truck. The truck appeared to of driven off the roadway and crashed into a fire hydrant and several irrigation lines to the parks sprinkler system

Officers contacted the driver, Taylor Gray (03/21/1990), and after an investigation they determined he was intoxicated.

After being treated at Spohn Shoreline Hospital, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Damage to the fire hydrant and park irrigation lines was estimated to be $4,000.

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Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/14/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 900 calls for service and generated 212 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 13 to 7:00 a.m. on October 14, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/14/2015       1:45 AM
Location: 5600 Weber Road
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C. 49.04     Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1510140013
A Corpus Christi Police Officer on patrol observed a van driving in the 5600 block of Weber Road without any headlights on.

When the Officer went to investigate, he contacted the driver of the 1999 Dodge Caravan, and found her to be intoxicated.

The Officer arrested the female driver, Graciela Salazar (07/22/1963), for driving while intoxicated third or more, a felony offense. She was additionally charged with driving with a suspended license, a Class B Misdemeanor.

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Bravo District, Crime Stoppers, Traffic Safety Division

Police Search For Driver Involved in Fatal Hit & Run

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators continue to search for a hit and run vehicle that fled the scene of a fatal crash in the 7500 block of State Highway 358 just after 9 PM Saturday night.

The crash investigation revealed that a 21 year old female victim was driving west on the freeway when she lost a mattress out of the back of her black Dodge Ram truck.  The victim, and a female friend, who was following her in another vehicle, stopped to retrieve the mattress that blew out.   While she was in the process of pulling it out of the roadway, she was struck by a vehicle.

The victim’s female friend told Officers that the vehicle that struck her friend was a white small SUV driven by a man with dark skin tones and he had a female passenger with him.  The hit and run vehicle had major damage to the front end and the air bags were deployed.

The driver then left the scene, going west on the access road, toward Rodd Field Road.  It was making noises when it drove off due the damage it sustained in the crash.

The female that was struck, was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS and died at 9:10 PM on Monday.

If you know anything about this crash, or information regarding the hit and run driver or the vehicle involved, please call Traffic Investigators at 361-886-2596. or CrimeStoppers at 888-TIPS.

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 10/13/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 813 calls for service and generated 197 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 12 to 7:00 a.m. on October 13, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/13/2015       1:45 AM
Location: 3800 Caravelle Parkway
Offense: Endangering a Child
P.C. 22.041   State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1510130011
The mother of a 6 year old girl was arrested after her child was found wondering around an apartment complex alone.

Corpus Christi Police were called by a couple who found the child alone and crying in the parking lot. The child was able to tell Officers that she had been trying to call her mother on the phone when she did not answer.

She then left her apartment to walk to her grandmother’s apartment. When her grandmother did not answer her door, the child got scared and could not find her way back home.

The child had a cell phone in her possession, and Officers were able to verify that she had tried to call her mother 20 times between midnight and 2:08 AM.

Officers were able to find the mother at another apartment complex in the 5900 block of Weber Road. The mother, Marisela Pruneda (06/17/1990), was arrested for child endangerment.

The child, who was not injured, was released to a family member.

 

Date: 10/12/2015       5:15 PM
Location: 12200 Up River Road
Offense: Theft of a Firearm
P.C. 31.03   State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1510120106
A 38 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after his vehicle was broken into while it was parked in the driveway of his home located in the 12200 block of Up River Road.

The man told Officers he parked his 2013 Ford F250 truck and left it unlocked. Sometime overnight the suspects removed two firearms, a 20 gauge Remington pump action shotgun and a Benelli Supernova 12 gauge shotgun, from inside of the truck.

At this time, no suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.

 

Date: 10/12/2015       3:30 PM
Location: 1800 Roselyn Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.04   Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1510120090
Witnesses called Corpus Christi Police and followed a man who they had seen break into a vehicle.

Officers arrived and were directed by several neighborhood citizens to a man walking on Horne Road. They told Officers that he had broken into a 2012 Ford truck and taken several items out of the truck and placed them on the sidewalk.

When the owner came out of his home he ran the man off, but then was able to follow him at a safe distance and contact police.

Officers were able to arrest the suspect, David Castaneda (12/22/1981), for burglary.

 

 

Date: 10/12/2015       4:35 PM
Location: 5500 Hampshire Road
Offense: Murder
P.C. 19.02   First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1510120003
A second man has been arrested and charged with murder after a stabbing at a home located in the 5500 block of Hampshire Road.

Corpus Christi Police arrested Danny Lee Knutson (01/26/1997) at 4:30 PM on Monday.

Original Post Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to 5500 Hampshire Rd. in reference to a stabbing. Officers contacted 2 male subjects outside of the location, one with blood on his hands. Both subjects were detained while officers investigated.

As the homicide is still being investigated, information is limited. Officers were informed that the 2 subjects and a 59 year old male victim got into an argument which escalated into a fight. At some point a knife was produced and the victim was stabbed several times in the torso area and died from his injuries.

Both male subjects were transported to the police station to be interviewed. Devin Lee Knutson (7-15-1995) was arrested and transported to the city detention center. An 18 year old male is being treated for his injuries and will possibly be booked into the City Detention Center later today.

 

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Community Outreach

Police Looking For Hit And Run Driver

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators are searching for a hit and run vehicle that fled the scene of a crash in the 7500 block of South Padre Island Drive just after 9 PM Saturday night. The crash investigation revealed that a 21 year old female was driving west along the access road when she lost a mattress out of the back of her black Dodge Ram truck.  She stopped to retrieve the mattress that blew out and while she was in the process of pulling it out of the roadway, she was struck by a vehicle.  A witness told Officers the vehicle that struck the female was a white, possibly a Hyundai, SUV driven by a person with dark skin tones.  The hit and run vehicle had major damge to the front end and the air bags had deployed. The driver of the hit and run vehicle left the scene going west on the access road toward Rodd Field Road.  The female that was struck, was tranported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS with very serious injuries. If you know anything about this crash, or information regarding the hit and run driver or vehicle, please call Traffic Investigators at 361-886-2693.