Category Archives: Bravo District

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Man Helps Police Officer In Struggle With 4 People

Occurred Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 19:23, Beach Marker 224, Assault, Resisting Arrest, Reckless Driving, 1208010119

A 54-year-old man helped a police officer in a struggle with four people on the beach Wednesday night.

Corpus Christi Police Officer Eric Garza was dispatched to the area of Beach Marker 224 at 7:23pm for a reckless driver. Officer Garza saw a red 2000 Mitsubishi Montero sport utility vehicle doing donuts on the beach and initiated a traffic stop. The operator of the vehicle, 19-year-old Kyle Fisk (7/13/1993) displayed aggressive behavior toward Officer Garza. Officer Garza demanded Fisk exit the vehicle. Fisk exited the vehicle then fought with Officer Garza to prevent the application of handcuffs.

The three other occupants of the vehicle then got out of the vehicle and then interfered with the arrest while Officer Garza and Fisk fought in the sand.

A 54-year-old man saw the struggle and stopped to help Officer Garza.

Other Police Officers arrived and arrested: 18-year-old Christian Rodriguez (2/26/1994) for interfering with public duties; 19-year-old Caitlin Fisher (8/3/1992) for assault by contact and interfering with public duties; and 19-year-old Joseph Mitchell (12/25/1992) for interfering with public duties. Fisk was arrested for reckless driving and resisting arrest and the red Montero was impounded.

Bravo District, Delta District

Do You Know this “Push Out Thief?”

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Occurred on 7/26/12, 6:08 pm  Theft  1250 Flour Bluff Drive  1207260138

Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives are asking the public’s assistance in identifying a White male who shoplifted a 46” television from the Wal-Mart located at 1250 Flour Bluff Drive.  The man was seen pushing a shopping cart with the television on top of it out of the store.

Loss Prevention Officers reported to Police the man failed to pay for the television and fled.   Wal-Mart employees searched for the television and found it thrown in a nearby wooded area.  The television valued at $900 was recovered, but the suspect was nowhere to be found.

Detectives were provided with a snapshot of the suspect who is described as a White male with short hair and last seen wearing a black shirt with a skull.  He is described as

Anyone with any information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or login online at www.888-TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is arrested.

Bravo District, Delta District

Man Who Exposes Himself to Shoppers Identified

Occurred on 7/30/12.10:35 pm  Indecent Exposure  6101 Saratoga    1207300148 

Police were dispatched to a local department store for a man exposing himself to customers.  Upon their arrival, Officers contacted two shoppers who told them they were removing their children from their shopping carts when a blue Saturn drove up to them.

Inside in the car was a nude male who exposed himself to the women.  The man drove off, but the women were able to provide Officers with the Saturn’s license plate.

Police were able to track the Saturn to the 6100 block of Boca Raton where they contacted the suspect.  The suspect was identified and detectives with Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Bureau will continue with the investigation.

Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or login online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters can earn a cash reward if the suspect is arrested.

Bravo District

Drunk Driver Crashes into NAS Gate

Occurred on 7/30/12, 11:47 pm Driving While Intoxicated 6300 Ocean Dr 1207310002

Officers were dispatched to 6300 Ocean Drive for a disturbance involving a weapon. Upon their arrival, Officers found the Texas A & M Police Department inspecting the damaged Naval Air Station gate. Witnesses told Officers they were fishing on Ocean Drive and bought shrimp from a young Hispanic male. The 19-year-old male also offered to sell the witnesses drugs and gave them his phone number should they change their minds.

The male left the area, but returned driving at a high rate of speed and colliding with the pipe barrier at the gate. The suspect then fled from the area. Officers tracked the phone number to the suspect’s grandmother who provided the suspect’s home address.

Officers found the suspect who appeared highly intoxicated at 1201 Woodlawn. The suspect was unable to keep steady standing up or sitting down, eventually slid off the stairway he was sitting on.

He was taken to Spohn South for a possible broken wrist by CCFD Emergency Personnel. A blood draw was taken and the driver hospitalized. The suspect is facing Driving While Intoxicated charges when released from the hospital. The Naval Air Station will conduct its investigation for the damaged gate.

Bravo District, Delta District

Woman Charged with DWI After Crashing into a Building

Constance Hackett

Occurred on 7/29/12, 3:07pm    Driving While Intoxicated     1200 Airline Rd    1207290106/C1205676

Officers responded to 1200 Airline Road for an accident involving a black 2011 Lexus RX350 which struck a couple of parked vehicles and crashed into a  building.  Upon their arrival, Officers found a black Lexus inside the Soward Adams Psychological Service located at 5830 McArdle Road.  

CCFD Emergency Personnel were aiding the driver Constance Hackett (02/17/62) who was still in the driver’s seat.  Officers found a combination of empty and closed mini wine bottles in the floorboard of the SUV.  Hackett appeared to be intoxicated and uncooperative while emergency personnel were trying extract her from the vehicle.

Witness told Officers the Lexus was travelling southbound on Airline when the driver tried to make a right turn into the private drive of the Crossroads Shopping Village and struck an unoccupied gray Toyota Camry stopped for a red light.  The driver then struck a Chevrolet Suburban parked in the shopping center and continued westbound through the parking lot until it struck the Soward’s building.

Hackett was taken to Spohn Memorial with minor injuries.  A blood warrant was obtained and a blood draw taken.  Hackett was medically cleared and booked at the City Detention Center where she was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

Neither the 70-year-old driver of the Camry nor anyone inside the business were injured.

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Police Arrest Trio Of “Push Out” Thieves

Occurred Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 11:30am, 6101 Saratoga Boulevard, Theft 1207250074

Three people were arrested Wednesday after they filled a shopping cart full of merchandise at the Wal-Mart on Saratoga and left without paying for the merchandise that was valued at over $1,000.

Wal-Mart employees told Corpus Christi Police two men and a woman filled the cart with merchandise, then loaded the merchandise in a truck and then left the store without having paid for the merchandise. The woman, 18-year-old Brittany Martin (4/1/1994), was left behind by the two men and pointed out to police by the Wal-Mart employees.

Police detained Martin and then noticed the blue 2002 Ford Ranger pickup described by employees as the vehicle used by the thieves had returned to the parking lot. Police officers stopped the truck and detained 41-year-old Robert Martin (12/31/1970) and 37-year-old Justin Toole (11/1/1974) to investigate the theft.

Officers were directed to the merchandise that was stashed behind the Luby’s restaurant and the merchandise was returned to the Wal-Mart. All three suspects were arrested for theft.

Bravo District

Female Arrested When Found Dumpster Diving

Michelle Lorg

Occurred on 7/25/12, 3:38 am   Possession of a Controlled Substance   2222 Airline 1207250027 

Officers observed a vehicle parked in the alleyway behind the L & M Store with its lights off.  Michelle Lorg (11/17/62) was found sitting in the driver’s seat.  Further investigation revealed Lorg was in possession of a small plastic bag containing Methamphetamine and a pipe. 

Lorg was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  The drug charge is a State Jail Felony punishable by up to two years in jail and a $4,000 fine.  The paraphernalia charge is a Class “C” Misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine.

Bravo District

20-Year-Old Charged with 3rd DWI

Sarah Mundahl

Occurred on 7/19/12, 3:33 am  Driving While Intoxicated  1400 Airline Road  1207190029

Officers waiting for a prisoner transport were soon accompanied by a Supervisor conducting a traffic stop.  The driver of a maroon 2003 Ford F-150 pulled into the Gulfway Shopping Center.  Lt. P.  McMenamy told the Officers he observed the female driver traveling at a high rate of speed as it traveled northbound on Airline toward the intersection at Airline at S.P.I.D. The driver slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting a vehicle that was stopped at the intersection causing the truck to fishtail. 

The driver was able to stop and avoid a collision, but continued on until pulled over.  When Officers contacted Sarah Mundahl (02/25/92) she appeared intoxicated and administered Standard Field Sobriety Tests and a Breath Test.  Mundahl was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More when it was found that she had two prior convictions for  D.W.I. arrests in 2009 and 2010.

Bravo District

17-Year-Old Charged with Four Counts of Graffiti

Occurred on 7/25/12, 3:51 am      Graffiti with arrest      3300 Cimarron     1207250024 

Captain W. Weber believing Daniel Bingham (02/11/95) was violating curfew stopped to talk to him.  Bingham quickly threw a spray paint can on the ground.   

Further investigation revealed there were two separate fences and a Brighton Park ditch which Bingham had vandalized along with an AEP pole.  All four areas had fresh graffiti paint on them.  Bingham was also found to have matching spray paint on his hands.  The graffiti matched several other locations in the Brockhampton area. 

Graffiti Task Force Detective S. Smith was called to assist and the suspect was taken to the Criminal Investigation Division for questioning.  Bingham was arrested and charged with Possession of a Graffiti Implement, Littering Prohibited in Public Places, and four counts of Graffiti.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Arrest Man For Murder

Occurred Friday, July 20, 2012, 19:11, 1013 Harbor Lights Drive, Murder 1207200155

A 23-year-old man was arrested at his home on Sun Ray Friday evening for a murder that happened at South Bay Park in Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a shooting call at 1013 Harbor Lights which is the address for South Bay Park. Police Officers discovered a man in his early 20’s laid in the road and had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Corpus Christi Fire Department Emergency Medical Services provided care to the man in the road, but the man did not survive the injuries.

Corpus Christi Police Homicide Investigators arrived at the scene and conducted an investigation. Based on witnesses to the event and evidence at the scene, the investigators specifically identified a suspect.

Corpus Christi Police arrested 23-year-old Trinity Kane Ringlestein (10/15/1988) on Friday night for murder.

Corpus Christi Police continue to investigate this event and encourages anyone that knows details about this crime to call police to make the information available for detectives.