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

Patrol Report 03/16/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 225 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 15 to 7:00 a.m. on March 16, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“ADAM” District
Date: 03/15/2015       7:15 PM
Location: 8000 Up River Road
Offense: Fatal Crash
Case Number: C1501081
Corpus Christi Police responded to a fatal crash involving a small car and a semi-truck at the intersection of Up River Road and Suntide Road.

The crash investigation revealed that a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze was traveling east on Up River Road when it ran a red light and struck a semi-tractor trailer that was traveling north on Suntide Road. The car struck near the rear  of the trailer on the drivers side and was drug several feet from the intersection.

A 69 year old female passenger in the car was killed.

The 57 year old male driver was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS for injuries not believed to be life threatening.

The 56 year old driver of the semi-truck was not injured.  At this time

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Officers are still investigating this crash and no citations have been issued

 

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Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Seek Theft Suspect

Date: 3/7/2015            4:30 PM
Location: 1200 Flour Bluff Drive
Offense: Theft
P.C. 31.03        Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1503070103
Corpus Christi Police Detectives are looking for a man that pushed a shopping cart full of property out the front door of a Wal-Mart Store without paying.  This crime occurred at the Wal-Mart located at 1250 Flour Bluff Drive at about 4:30 PM on March 7.

The suspect stole nearly $250 in merchandise.  He is described as a Hispanic male, 20 to 30 years old, with a mustache.  He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark jacket and a gray cap.   Store surveillance cameras caught images of the suspect as he left the store.

Detectives need your help in identifying the individual in these photos.  Anyone with information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to the Detectives 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.

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Suspect pushing a cart out the door of Wal Mart

 

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Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

2 Suspects Rob Stripes Employee

Date: March 13, 2015       11:28 AM
Location: 2700 South Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
Case Number: 1503130062
Corpus Christi Police are investigating a robbery of a female carrying a bank deposit bag while she was walking in the parking lot of the Stripes Store located at 2754 South Staples Street.

The 58 year old female store employee  was walking from her car into the store when two black males approached her.  Both males assaulted her, and took the bank bag and her purse.

Both suspects were wearing dark hoodie tops that covered their heads.  One of the males wore blue jeans and the other a pair of darker pants .

After taking the purse and the money bag, the suspects fled on foot and got into a vehicle that they had parked  at a nearby pawn shop.
The vehicle was a red Lexus four door that had chrome wheels and silver window trim.  The Lexus also had a sunroof.  The suspect vehicle fled north on South Staples Street from the pawn shop.

Camera surveillance footage from the pawn shop caught images of the suspects and their vehicle.  These suspects were not captured and the police department is asking for your help identifying these two individuals.

Anyone who knows  any information about this robbery, should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives 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.

 

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Camera images of the suspect vehicle and two suspects

Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 03/13/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 219 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 12 to 7:00 a.m. on March 13, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/13/2015       12:30 AM
Location: 1900 Wallace Avenue
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C.  22.02      Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503130012
A 62 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after his girlfriend threw a speaker at him.

Officers responded to the disturbance at an apartment located in the 1900 block of Wallace Avenue.  When they arrived, the man told them that he was attempting to go to sleep after a verbal argument with his girlfriend when she grabbed an object and threw it at him.  The object, which was a speaker from the computer, caused a minor cut to his forehead.

Officers arrested the girlfriend, Annette Hinojosa (06/14/1967), for aggravated assault.

The man refused medical treatment.

 

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Bravo District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 03/12/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 227 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 11 to 7:00 a.m. on March 12, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/12/2015       11:10 PM
Location: State Highway 361
Offense: Agency Assist
Case Number: 1503120003
Corpus Christi Police were called to assist two other law enforcement agencies that were pursuing a stolen vehicle into the city limits on State Highway 361.

Port Aransas Police Officers and Department of Public Safety Troopers were in pursuit of a 2006 Ford Expedition that had been stolen in Rockport. The pursuit entered the city limits, then returned to Port Aransas, then came back.

Officers were successful in deploying spikes that punctured the tires of the vehicle. The 23 year old suspect abandoned the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot but was taken into custody at the entrance of Mustang Island State Park by officers.

The Port Aransas Police Department took the lead on this case, and took care of filing charges on the suspect.

 

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Charlie District, Narcotics/Vice Division, Patrol Division

Search Warrant Executed On Green Grove Home

The Corpus Christi Police Narcotics and Vice Division served a search warrant at 4014 Green Grove this morning.  This warrant was a result of an investigation into drug activity at the home.

During the search, 1325 grams of marijuana was recovered along with 40.14 grams of THC wax, and $4136 dollars in cash.  Street value of the drugs was estimated at $2700.00  Also confiscated in the home was assorted weighing scales and other paraphernalia associated with the sale of drugs, two assault rifles, a shotgun, and a .223 caliber rifle. 

Officers also  took possession of a 2006 Jayco recreational vehicle and a 2001 Chevrolet 3/4 ton diesel truck and these vehicles will be filed on for seizure.

The residents, Jason Anthony Martinez (07/29/1987), and Joann Frances Herrera (01/02/1983) were both arrested for felony possession of marijuana and possession of controlled substance.

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Items seized from a search warrant executed at 4014 Green Grove

 

 

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Three Men Rob Frost Bank

Date: March 11, 2015           10:40 AM
Location: 4100 Interstate Highway 69
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
Case Number: 1503110049
Corpus Christi Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at the Frost Bank located at 4101 Interstate Highway 69 this morning.

Employees reported that three men entered the bank, two armed with handguns.  Two of the suspects rounded up employees, and gathered money.  The third went inside and stood by the front entrance. All three men were wearing dark hoodies that covered their heads and faces.  One of the suspects was wearing khaki pants the other blue jeans and the third was wearing dark blue pants with a light blue stripe down the side.

The suspects took money from the bank and fled out the door and got into a car that was parked in front of the bank.  A bank employee was able to get the license plate of the suspect vehicle as it fled.  The vehicle the suspects got into had been reported stolen one hour earlier from a business located in the 5100 block of Flynn Parkway.  It was described as a maroon 2002 Chrysler four door.

No one at the bank was injured.

At about 12:45 PM officers found the stolen vehicle that the suspects had used abandoned with the engine running in the parking lot of the Home Depot located at 13200 Leopard Street.

At this time, the suspects have not been arrested and remain on the loose.  Camera surveillance caught images of the three suspects entering the bank.

Anyone who knows who is responsible, or has any additional information about this robbery should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives 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.

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Suspect one entering bank

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Suspect two entering bank

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Suspect  three entering bank

Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 03/11/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 199 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 10 to 7:00 a.m. on March 11, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/11/2015       2:15 AM
Location: 5800 State Highway 358 West
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C.  49.04      Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503110014
Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash on the freeway just east of South Staples Street.

Officers arrived and found a 1995 Chevrolet truck up against the middle cement median and the driver pinned inside.  The driver, Joshua Gallagher (07/20/1985), was freed and he did not suffer any major injuries.

The crash investigation revealed that the driver lost control of his truck while traveling west on the freeway.  The truck left the roadway and drove into the grass before the driver overcorrected and veered back across all three lanes of the freeway.  The truck then struck the center median.

After an investigation it was determined that the driver of the truck was intoxicated.  He was transported to Spohn Shoreline Hospital to be treated for minor injuries and then arrested and taken to the City Detention Center.

 

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Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 03/10/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 203 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 9 to 7:00 a.m. on March 10, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

 

“CHARLIE” District
Date: 03/9/2015       10:55 PM
Location: 3900 Holly Road
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
P.C.  29.03      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503090149
Two males and a female went to the Christi Estates located at 3922 Holly Road to sell a phone to a buyer they met on Facebook.

Once they arrived, the buyer waived one of the men over to where he was standing behind some cars near a sidewalk. The man walked over without the phone and the suspect pulled out a black semi-auto handgun and threatened him.

The suspect then went over to the car and pointed the gun at the female and the other man and they jumped out telling the suspect to take everything. After the suspect had the property he took off running into the complex.

The female was able to pull up the suspects Facebook account and officers were able to locate his address.

Officers found the suspect, Damarcus Whittington (01/12/1995), and he was arrested for aggravated robbery. He was also found to have two outstanding arrest warrants for theft.

 

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Bravo District, Charlie District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Dive Team Completes Operations

   The CCPD Search and Recovery Dive Team concluded operations at the Lakewood Village dive site on Monday afternoon.  The operation was quite lengthy and thorough, but unfortunately no weapon or evidence related to the Treyway homicide was located. 

     The operation consisted of 17 distinct search patterns across the entire lake, which measured approximately 300 yards by 55 yards.  This entailed a necessary coverage of 148,500 square feet by the team.  This was accomplished by 88 separate dives which were 30 minutes to an hour each in length. Fourteen CCPD divers completed this assignment over a span of seven days.  These dives covered the search area at least twice, so no area of the lake was left unsearched. 

     The depth of the lake ranged from 9 feet to 23 feet. The water temperature was between 48 and 52 degrees, depending on the depth.  Outside temperatures ranged from the high 30’s to low 60’s and from sunny and clear to a complete downpour. 

     The team located many objects, to include an automobile, golf cart, lawn tractor, tires and rims, bicycle, skateboard, roller skate, shopping carts, chairs, scrap rebar and pipe, hundreds of bottles and cans, pots and pans, glass containers, several small utensils, and even a complete set of croquet balls found in different areas of the lake. 

   The team is very confident that the search was complete and thorough.  They have  eliminated the possibility that the weapon was discarded into the lake.