Category Archives: Criminal Investigations Division

Bravo District, Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division, Training Division

Burglary To a Motor Vehicle, Agg. Assault, Attempted Capital Murder

Date: 2/1/2016            11:42PM
Location: 6800 Everhart
Offense: Burglary to a Motor Vehicle, Agg. Assault,
Case Numbers: 1602020003, 1602020006

On February 1, 2016 at approximately 11:42 pm Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to 6838 Everhart Road in reference to shots fired. Upon arrival officers contacted a 24-year-old man who told Officers that he caught several suspects breaking into his car. The 24-year-old man told Officers he held the burglary suspects at gunpoint and at some point there was an exchange of gunfire between the burglary suspects and the 24-year-old man. Two suspects (male and female) fled the scene in a vehicle and Zachary Garibay (2/2/1991) was detained by the 24-year-old man until Corpus Christi Police arrived and placed Garibay under arrest for Burglary of a Motor Vehicle. Detectives believe there were no injuries as a result of the exchange of gunfire, and the only property damage reported was to a vehicle in the parking lot of the apartment complex. The 24-year-old man who is the burglary victim has not been arrested.

A description of the vehicle was put out over the radio. At approximately 12:03 am, the suspect vehicle was spotted and stopped at 7300 Prairie Dr. During this traffic stop a 24-year-old man pointed a gun at the officer. The officer fearing for his safety fired his duty weapon. The 24-year-old man ran from the shooting scene. The Officer arrested a 19-year-old woman also ran from the shooting scene, but was captured by the Officer. The 19-year-old woman, Abby Farrell (2/26/1996) was arrested for evading arrest and delivered to the city detention center.

Officers formed a perimeter around the scene and began searching for the 24-year-old man. The K-9 units also assisted in the search. During the search officers learned the 24-year-old man was in a home on the 4900 block of Lake Medina Drive. The Officers surrounded the home and attempted to develop a dialogue with the 24-year-old man. The Corpus Christi Police SWAT and Hostage Negotiation Teams responded to the home until SWAT entered the home at about 7:45am and found the 24-year-old inside with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. The 24-year-old man was taken to the hospital for treatment and placed under guard by Corpus Christi Police.

Corpus Christi Police believe all suspects in the burglaries involved in this episode have been located. Detectives continue to gather information and evidence about this episode to verify facts and circumstances.

UPDATE February 5, 2016:

On February 5, 2016 at approximately 6:20pm, Michael Garibay (11-11-1992) was released from the hospital and transported and booked into the City Detention Center. He was booked on one count of aggravated assault on a police officer, one count of evading arrest and one count of failure to appear on a previous possession of marijuana.

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Crime Stoppers, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District

Cloned Credit Card Suspect

Corpus Christi Police Department detectives need your help identifying this suspect. This suspect and his possible accomplice have gone to several businesses in Corpus Christi using a cloned credit card. They have purchased close to $2000 in merchandise with the cloned cards.

Detectives ask employees to please check ID’s to help deter this type of crime.

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If you have any information about this crime please contact Lt. James Lerma with the Financial Crimes Unit at 361-886-2840.  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.

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Crime Stoppers, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

Partners in crime

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 0734
Offense: Theft
Location: 1530 SPID
Case Number: 1601200091

Police need you help identifying these partners in crime.

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The male was seen entering the store and selecting a couple of items valued around $1200. He then left Lowes without paying for the property. He then met up with another subject in the parking lot waiting in a truck.

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The property was loaded into the truck and both males fled the scene.

If you have any information about this crime please contact CCPD Property Crime Detectives at 361-886-2840.  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.

Bravo District, Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, SWAT Operations

SWAT and HNT respond to 6500 Lyons

On January 24, 2016 at approximately 9:20 am, patrol officers responded to  the area of 6500 Lyons for a suicidal subject. Officers arrived and attempted to make contact. As officers were attempting to make contact, they heard what they believed to be a single gunshot. At that point the CCPD SWAT and Hostage Negotiations Teams were called to respond.

HNT made numerous attempts to contact the male subject inside but never received a response. The SWAT Team carefully entered the house. Once inside they discovered that the 32 year old male was deceased. There were no other people inside the house. Officers are sill on scene at the time of this post.

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Man Poses As Store Employee To Steal TV

DATE: January 13, 2015   7:05 PM
LOCATION: 3800 Interstate 69 Access Road
OFFENSE: Theft
P.C.  31.03    Class A Misdemeanor
CASE NUMBER: 1601130117
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have released camera surveillance images of a couple that they believe stole a television from a Wal Mart, located at 3829 Interstate 69, on January 13.

Camera surveillance images obtained from the store show a Hispanic male walk into the store through the front entrance wearing a blue Wal Mart vest and tan pants in an attempt to look like a store employee.

A female wearing a black and green striped top and blue jeans entered the store through the garden section.

The female posed as a customer while the male, dressed as an employee, got a dolly from the back storage area of the store and then loaded up a 60 inch Samsung LED television.  They both walked out the front of the  store without paying for the merchandise.

The stolen television was valued at nearly $1,000.

The couple got into a silver Dodge four door truck that was missing the front right fender.

The two suspects in this case have not been identified and Detectives need your help in solving this crime. Anyone who recognizes this couple, their truck, or has information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division 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 entering Wal Mart dressed as an employee

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Suspect leaving the store with a stolen television on a dolly

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Female suspect entering the store through the garden center

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Couple leaving  in a Dodge truck

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Suspect vehicle has damage to the front passenger side

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Detectives Investigating Homicide

Date: 01/17/2016       3:15 AM
Location: 5900 Ayers Street
Offense: Murder
P.C. 19.02      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1601170028
A disturbance between two male cousins outside of a trailer home at 5902 Ayers Street left one man dead and another in the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Just before 3:15 AM, Corpus Christi Police responded to the Misty Winds Trailer Park for a shooting. When Officers arrived they found a 26 year old man dead in the driveway next to a trailer.

Witnesses at the scene told Officers that a 32 year old male, cousin to the victim, had shot him after an argument between the two. After the suspect shot the victim in the head, he fled in his 2016 Chevrolet Silverado truck.  A description of the truck was broadcast to all Officers.

At 3:35 AM, an Officer working in the downtown area, observed the truck near the intersection of Power and North Chaparral Street. He was able to confirm that the truck he saw was the one involved in the shooting on Ayers Street.  The Officer followed the truck onto the Harbor Bridge, then North Beach and onto the Nueces Bay Causeway on State Highway 181.   The Officer did not attempt to stop the truck, because he did not have any Officers near to back him up.

As the Officer continued to follow the truck into Portland, other law enforcement agencies were contacted to assist. The truck continued through Portland, and into Gregory before other Officers arrived. In Gregory, the truck turned onto State Highway 35 toward Aransas Pass.  While on State Highway 35 and with the assistance of other Officers, an attempt to stop the truck was made. As the truck approached County Road 91A it veered off the roadway and rolled into a field knocking down power lines.  When Officers made contact with the driver of the truck, it was determined he had apparently shot himself in the head.

The suspect was transported by San Patricio County EMS to Spohn Memorial Medical Center and is in critical condition.

 

Crime Stoppers, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

Suspect Robs Store With Handgun

Date: 1/14/2016       6:05 AM
Location: 2700 South Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
P.C.  29.03   First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1601140023
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have released camera surveillance images of a man that they believe robbed a Stripes Store, located at 2754 South Staples Street, on January 14.

Officers arrived and were told that a man wearing a gray hoodie, blue jeans, black and white gloves, and a blue ski mask came into the store carrying a gun in his right hand. The male suspect demanded a carton of cigarettes and money from the cash register. After getting the items he ran out of the store and got into a white truck that was waiting on the side of the building.

Store video surveillance images captured the man as he held a gun on two clerks behind the counter.

The suspect in this case have not been identified and Detectives need your help in solving this crime. Anyone with information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division 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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Armed robbery suspect at Stripes Store

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Armed robbery suspect at Stripes Store

 

 

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Suspect Shot By License To Carry Holder Booked Into Jail

The man who was shot by a 69 year old license to carry holder after a robbery attempt  in the 1300 block of Calle San Carlos on January 6 has been released from Spohn Memorial Hospital and booked into the City Detention Center.

Officers arrested Eric Orlando Grimaldo (03/23/1992) about 6:30 PM yesterday afternoon. He had been under police guard while being treated at the hospital for gunshot wounds.

The suspect is charged with aggravated robbery, a first degree felony and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third degree felony

 

Original Post:

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016,    8:49 PM
Location: 1300 Calle San Carlos
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02)
Case #1601060148
A 69 year man shot and stopped an armed robbery suspect who approached him in the front yard of his home, located in the 1300 block of Calle San Carlos, just before 9 PM last night.

The investigation of the crime revealed that the man and a women arrived at their home and parked in their carport driveway. As they  both exited the car, a suspect, wearing a hoodie, approached the couple pointing a gun at the man. The suspect made demands for the victim to give up his wallet. The man, a firearms license to carry holder, fearing for his safety and the safety of the female with him, pulled out his handgun and shot the 23 year old robbery suspect.

The man then held the suspect down until police arrived. The suspect was then transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS.

Officers recovered two handguns from the crime scene.

The suspect is in the hospital under police guard and faces charges of aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is currently in stable condition.

No charges are expected to be filed against the man who shot the suspect.

Auto Theft Task Force, Bravo District, Community Outreach, Crime Stoppers, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

ATV and Trailer Stolen From Storage Unit

Date: 01/07/2016
Location: 6600 Yorktown Boulevard
Offense: Burglary
P.C.  30.02      State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1601070057
Corpus Christi Police need your help in locating a stolen Kawasaki All-Terrain Vehicle that was taken from a storage unit located at 6630 Yorktown Boulevard.

The ATV was parked on a silver 16 foot flatbed trailer that was also taken by the suspects.

The owner told Officers that he parked the ATV and trailer in the storage unit on January 3rd and discovered on January 7, someone had pried the storage unit door open and taken the property.

Both the ATV and trailer are now listed as stolen.

The suspects in this case have not been identified, and detectives need your help in solving this crime.

If you recognize this property or know information about this crime please call Corpus Christi Police 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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2016 Kawasaki All-Terrain Vehicle

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16 foot flatbed trailer ATV was parked on

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16 foot flatbed trailer ATV was parked on

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

Homicide Detectives Investigating Death Of Homeless Man

Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016     6:30 AM
Location: 1300 Comanche Street
Offense: Death Investigation
Case #1601070028
Corpus Christi Police Homicide Detectives are investigating the death of a homeless man that was found on the property of a church in the 1300 block of Comanche Street.

Officers arrived and found the 46 year old male victim had trauma to his head. It is unknown at this time the cause of death and if the crime occurred at the location where the victim was found or if he walked there after being injured at some other location.

The Nueces County Medical Examiner responded to the scene, and they will conduct an investigation and try to determine the cause of death.