Category Archives: Community Outreach

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

Elderly Woman Injured During Purse Snatching

Date: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:32
Location: 1250 Flour Bluff Drive http://goo.gl/maps/31Ov2
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1401200123

Corpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help identify the individual involved in the robbery of a 70-year-old woman.    The victim told Officers she was walking through the Wal-Mart parking lot when the driver of a black Honda Civic drove by and grabbed her purse.

Surveillance video shows the suspect vehicle and the driver snatching the woman’s purse.  The vehicle can be seen headed northbound on Flour Bluff Drive.  Clips of the surveillance video have been uploaded to the CorpusChristiPD YouTube account at http://youtu.be/s7A3AGwLaX0.

The woman sustained minor injuries, but refused medical treatment.

Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the robber is identified and arrested.

 

Community Outreach

CCPD Blotter 2013 in Review

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Community Outreach

Burglary Suspect’s Identity Sought

Date:  January 1,  2014, 03:00am
Location:  2626 S. Padre Island Drive
Event:  Burglary of a Building
Case Number:  1401010081

Man involved in the burglary of Empire Furniture Store
Man involved in the burglary of Empire Furniture Store

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to help identify a suspect involved in the burglary of the Empire Furniture For Less.

Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477)  or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified or arrested.

Bravo District, Community Outreach

Town Hall Meeting Scheduled for Saturday

The Corpus Christi Police Department will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, January 18th at the Seashore Middle Academy located at 15437 S. Padre Island Drive. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m.

Detectives with the Child Crimes Unit will be on hand to discuss the recent Attempted Kidnapping along with sharing information on how to keep your children safe.

 

 

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:24

Location: 13700 Hawksnest Bay Drive http://goo.gl/maps/lIIxr
Offense: Attempted Kidnapping (Penal Code Section 20.04) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1401150105

A 44-year-old woman reported an attempted kidnapping on the 13700 block of Hawksnest Bay to Corpus Christi Police Wednesday. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her 13-year-old son explained to her that a man in a truck approached him while he walked home at 5:20pm. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her son said the man demanded the boy get into the truck. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her son ran home to call police and the vehicle went east on Hawksnest Bay toward Gypsy. The 13-year-old boy described the truck to Officers as a gray Ford F-150 with a rounded front end and a red square shaped decal on the upper driver’s side rear window and then described the man as about 40 years of age with a mustache and medium brown skin.

Charlie District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

22-Year-Old Father of Two-Month-Old Arrested

Date:  January 16, 2014, 02:49am
Location:  3533 S. Alameda Street
Event:  Injury to a Child
Case Number:  1401160014

JIMMIELACOURCorpus Christi Police were called to Driscoll Children’s Hospital for an abuse of a child call.  Police arrived to find a two-month-old baby had been brought in by the mother for a welfare check.  The baby was found to be suffering from bleeding to the brain and admitted to the hospital.

The mother told Police she left the child with the father while she went to work.  Further investigation by both the Police Department’s Child Protection Unit and the Texas Child Protective Services revealed the baby’s father was the suspect.  Detectives were able to obtain an arrest warrant for the baby’s father Jimmie Lacour (10/13/91). 

Lacour was arrested and charged with the outstanding warrant for Injury to a Child.  He was booked at the City Detention Center with a bond set at $150,000.

Community Outreach, Gang Unit, Narcotics/Vice Division, Patrol Division

Local Gang Member, Associates Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

Contributedby USATXS-Public Affairs Officer Angela Dodge

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Three men working with the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) to distribute heroin and cocaine in the Corpus Christi area have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alejandro Guerrero, 39, of Corpus Christi, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin after a two-day jury trial in October 2013.

Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden W. Head sentenced Guerrero to a total term of 188 months in federal prison which will be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.

Jose Miguel Zuniga aka Slick, 33, also of Corpus Christi, and Alberto Donicio Galindo aka Crazy Horse, 38, of Laredo, had previously entered respective guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Zuniga and Galindo were also sentenced today to 74 and 24 months in federal prison, respectively. Both will serve three years of supervised release.

The remaining defendants in this case, Ruben Esparza aka Popo, 36, and Ernesto Villarreal aka Crash, 36, both of Robstown, have also pleaded guilty to their involvement in the heroin conspiracy and are scheduled for sentencing in Houston before U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Altas in February.

Jurors in the trial of Guerrero heard testimony that Esparza, a local leader of the TMM, had been receiving shipments of narcotics from Laredo in 2011. Investigators learned of the time and place of drug shipments and witnessed Guerrero meet with a courier from Laredo at a Corpus Christi Walmart on two occasions. After a traffic stop, law enforcement discovered a loaded handgun in the passenger compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle. “Black tar” heroin was also found hidden in a secret compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle.

Galindo was another courier for the Laredo drug source. He delivered 4 ½ ounces of cocaine to Esparza in April 2011. Zuniga, another member of the TMM, admitted to purchasing an ounce of heroin from Esparza in May 2011, which Zuniga then intended to distribute.

All defendants have been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

This case was investigated through a joint effort by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hess.

Community Outreach, Patrol Division

Patrol Report January 16, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 154 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 15 to 6:00am January 16, 2014. These are a sample of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 15:15

Location: 9337 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/wz6g6

Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) 2nd Degree Felony

Case Number: 1401150093

A 52-year-old man and a 32-year-old man reported to the Corpus Christi Police that a 47-year-old man assaulted them at an office at 9337 South Padre Island Drive Wednesday afternoon. An ambulance took the 47-year-old man to the hospital directly for treatment of his non life-threatening injuries. The 32-year-old man told Officers the 47-year-old man went into the office of the storage company and assaulted the 52-year-old man. The 32-year-old man told Officers that he pulled the attacker off the 52-year-old man and forced the 47-year-old man out of the office. The 32-year-old man told Officers the 47-year-old man got a handgun and used the gun as hammer to strike the glass door causing an estimated $200 dollars worth of damage. The 32-year-old man told Officers the 47-year-old man left prior to law enforcement arrival. The 32-year-old man had minor injuries and Corpus Christi Police are searching for the 47-year-old man involved in this event.

 

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:24

Location: 13700 Hawksnest Bay Drive http://goo.gl/maps/lIIxr

Offense: Attempted Kidnapping (Penal Code Section 20.04) 1st Degree Felony

Case Number: 1401150105

A 44-year-old woman reported an attempted kidnapping on the 13700 block of Hawksnest Bay to Corpus Christi Police Wednesday. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her 13-year-old son explained to her that a man in a truck approached him while he walked home at 5:20pm. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her son said the man demanded the boy get into the truck. The 44-year-old woman told Officers her son ran home to call police and the vehicle went east on Hawksnest Bay toward Gypsy. The 13-year-old boy described the truck to Officers as a gray Ford F-150 with a rounded front end and a red square shaped decal on the upper driver’s side rear window and then described the man as about 40 years of age with a mustache and medium brown skin.

 

“Delta” District

Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 22:28

Location: 700 North Staples Street http://goo.gl/maps/an3JQ

Offense: Assault (Penal Code Section 22.01) Class A Misdemeanor

Case Number: 1401150134

A 19-year-old woman reported an assault at the 700 block of North Staples Street Wednesday to the Corpus Christi Police. The 19-year-old woman told Officers some unknown person assaulted her 27-year-old boyfriend earlier in the night and he needed medical treatment. The Officers saw the 27-year-old man as he was taken by ambulance to the hospital for treatment of his head injuries.

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

Citizens In Support of CCPD Host Event

The Citizens in Support of the Corpus Christi Police Department will host the State of the Corpus Christi Police Department titled “Wake Up Corpus Christi”.  The fundraising event will be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 7:30-am – 9:00 at the Solomon Ortiz Center with Police Chief Floyd Simpson as the guest speaker.

Chief Simpson’s presentation will start at approximately 8:20 a.m. and conclude at 9:00 a.m.

Jay Wise, Board President for the Citizens in Support of CCPD, organizers of this event, will be available for interviews.

For more information regarding the event visit http://www.supportccpd.org or call Board Member Steve Arnold @ 361.886.3624

Citizen's In Support of CCPD
Citizens In Support of CCPD
Adam District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Help Catch These Purse Thieves

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Date: November 11, 2013, 11:52am
Location: 4101 Hwy 77 Access SB
Event:  Aggravated Robbery
Case Number:  1311110073

Corpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help identify two men involved in a purse snatching.  The men were caught on surveillance video during the robbery of a 58-year-old woman.  One of the men knocked the victim to the ground and stole her purse.  The woman suffered minor injuries during the robbery.

Anyone who has any information on this robbery is asked to the Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspects are

Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Please Help Us Find Missing Elderly Man

AlbertComptonAlmaquerCorpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help locate an elderly man who was reported missing on January 8, 2014.  Neighbors of 78-year-old Albert Compton Almaquer are concerned as they have not seen him at the residence since October 2013.

Almaquer, normally a very reliable employee  was employed as a security guard.  He has not shown up to work for the past three months or picked up his mail.  Police believe there is foul play involved in his disappearance.

If you have seen Mr. Almaquer or know of his whereabouts, please contact Detective R.L. Garcia at 361-886-2841.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.   Callers will earn a cash reward if Mr. Almaquer is located.

Update:

The Corpus Christi Police Department would like to thank the Media for highlighting our request for help and the community for their thoughts and prayers for Mr. Almaquer.

Mr. Almaquer has been found alive and well.  A friend contacted Detective R.L Garcia and provided Mr. Almaquer’s whereabouts.  Further investigation, revealed Mr. Almaquer had moved without notifying neighbors, family, and friends.