Category Archives: Criminal Investigations Division

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District

Police Want Public Help to Search for Missing Man

Police are searching for 31 year old Patrick Henry Harris because of his medical conditions
Police are searching for 31-year-old Patrick Henry Harris because of his medical conditions

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Location: 700 Texan Trail
Event: Missing Person
Case Number: 1509040177

The Corpus Christi Police Department would like help from the public to locate 31-year-old Patrick Henry Harris who was last seen on August 20, 2015 on the 700 block of Texan Trail.

Harris left his home on August 20th and has not returned and family members are worried for his welfare. Harris has several medical conditions such as an enlarged heart and cerebral palsy and he requires medication. Detectives believe Harris may be in Downtown Corpus Christi around the missions on Leopard Street.

Harris is described as a white male, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 186 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes, and has a tattoo of a cross with the word “Patrick” inside the cross. Anyone with information to help locate Harris should call Detective Garcia at 886-2849.

Update:
Harris was located safe and well after a person saw news reported and phoned Police.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division

Warrant For Murder Served on Father

Date: 09/03/2015       3:45 PM
Location: 4900 High Meadow Drive
Offense: Murder
P.C. 19.02      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1509030099
Corpus Christi Police Detectives obtained a murder warrant for a father accused of causing the death of his child by physically assaulting him back on September 3 in the 4900 block of High Meadow Drive.

The father, Rene Anthony Garcia (06/12/1969), physically assaulted the child by shaking the three month old boy. The child was taken to Driscoll Children’s Hospital by CCFD EMS and died on Saturday, September 5.

The father was arrested that evening on charges of injury to a child.

This morning Detectives obtained an arrest warrant on the father for murder and they served it while he was still at the Nueces County Jail on the original charge. The arrest warrant for murder has a bond amount of $350,000.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Father Arrested For Injury To A Child

Date: 09/03/2015       3:45 PM
Location: 4900 High Meadow Drive
Offense: Injury to a Child
P.C. 22.04       First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1509030099
Corpus Christi Police responded to a home, located in the 4900 block of High Meadow Drive, for a report of a three month old baby not breathing with CPR in progress.

Officers arrived and found both parents of the little boy inside the residence. The baby was unresponsive and transported to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in critical condition.

Corpus Christi Police Family Violence Detectives responded and during an investigation it was determined that the child’s father, Rene Anthony Garcia (06/12/1969), had physically assaulted the child by shaking him.

The father was arrested on charges of injury to a child, a first degree felony.

The 25 year old mother, who was home at the time, has not been charged with a crime. There were no other children at the home.

At last report the child was on life support at the hospital and not expected to survive. If the child does die, charges against the father could be upgraded to capital murder.

Criminal Intelligence Unit, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and FBI Make Arrest

Date: 09/03/2015       7:30 AM
Location: 4700  Waltham Drive
Offense: Online Solicitation
P.C. 33.02            Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503250059
The Corpus Christi Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at a home located in the 4700 block of Waltham Drive this morning.

This was the result of an ongoing investigation into an on-line solicitation of a minor by a 26 year old male suspect who lives at the residence.

The suspect, John Phillip Willis (09/10/1988), was arrested for On-line Solicitation of a Minor, a second degree felony.

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division

Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant

Date: Friday, August 28, 2015, 13:39
Location: 3800 Brookside Drive
Offense: Warrant of Arrest (Code of Criminal Procedure Section 15.03)
Case Number: 1508280082 related to 1505040059

The United States Marshal’s Gulf Coast Fugitive and Violent Offender’s Task Force arrested 21-year-old Jheryl Ray Mancillas (12/9/1993) for a warrant for Mancillas’ arrest for aggravated assault against a public servant with a bond amount set at $180,000 dollars.

Mancillas was involved in an armed confrontation with Corpus Christi Police on May 4, 2015 at 9:30am at his residence on Brookside. No Officers were injured in the confrontation, but Mancillas suffered injuries from gunshots and was in the hospital for treatment for several weeks. Corpus Christi Police Detectives obtained the warrant for the arrest of Mancillas and requested the Marshal’s Task Force to apprehend Mancillas. Mancillas was arrested with no physical confrontation and Mancillas was delivered to the city detention center.

Community Outreach, Crime Stoppers, Criminal Investigations Division

Two Suspects Break Into School

Date: 08/26/2015       6:45 AM
Location: 7600 Leopard Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.02       State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1508260022
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have released camera surveillance images of suspects that they believe broke into the Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center, located at 7601 Leopard Street, early Wednesday morning.

An employee arrived at work and found a door to the building had been forced open.

Officers went inside and observed damage to several classroom doors. The doors had been forced open and the classrooms had been ransacked.

A television and at least four laptops were stolen from different rooms.

On one of the video clips, two male suspects are seen prying open one of the doors to the school. The other video clip shows one of the two suspects inside the school,  entering a room and looking through a cabinet.

The suspects in this case has 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.

 

Video of two male suspects prying open the door

Video of one of the suspects entering a classroom

Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Suspect Swipes Handgun From Display Table

DATE: August 23, 2015
LOCATION: 2001 Suntide Road
OFFENSE: Theft of a Firearm
P.C. 31.06   State Jail Felony
CASE NUMBER: 1508230108
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have released a video of a couple that they believe stole a handgun from the table display of a vendor at a Gun Show, held at the Al Amin Shrine Temple, on August 23.

The owner of the weapon told Officers that a male and a female worked together to steal a stainless steel derringer handgun that was on display on a table.

The video shows the male suspect walking in front of the table with a cell phone up to his left ear. The female is seen walking up to the table and then listening to something the male tells her. There is a small handgun on the table, and when the vendor turns his back, the male reaches down and picks up the firearm and walks behind the female to put it in his right pocket

The two suspects are described as being a bald male with brown glasses. He is wearing a light green untucked long sleeve shirt and black pants. The female was wearing a blue top and black pants. She has long black hair and glasses.

The suspects 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.

 

Video of theft

 

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Photo of the male suspect

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Photo of the female suspect

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District

Detectives Arrest Man for Capital Murder

Corpus Christi Police Detectives obtained a warrant for the arrest of 33-year-old Lionel Pena for Capital Murder as a result of the death of a 2-year-old boy on the 800 block of Twenty Fifth Street on August 18, 2015. Pena was originally accused of Injury to a Child until the child died from the injuries, now the accusation against Pena has been upgraded to Capital Murder. After the child died, Detectives obtained a warrant on August 24 from the Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, the Honorable Joe Benavidez, then Detectives served Pena with the warrant at the Nueces County Jail. The warrant states the bond is set at $500,000.00 dollars.

The original post in this blotter stated:

Date: 08/18/2015       10:05 PM
Location: 800 25th Street
Offense: Injury to A Child
P.C. 22.04       First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1508180143
A 2 year old boy is at Driscoll Hospital in very serious condition, and a man is in jail for hitting him.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a home located in the 800 block of 25th Street after the mother of the child called to report her son had fallen and was not breathing.  The child was then carried to Spohn Memorial Hospital by family members.

When Officers arrived at the emergency room, they were told that the two year old boy was in serious condition and being transferred to Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

Officers then went to the home of the child to investigate. Once there, Detectives were notified, and after an investigation, Lionel Pena (10/25/1981), a man that lives at the home, was arrested for injury to a child.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division

Police Arrest Woman For Aggravated Assault on Lake Shore Drive

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 2:26am
Location: 100 Block of Lake Shore Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1508180020

Corpus Christi Police Detectives arrested 41-year-old Trisha Bos (1/5/1974) Thursday afternoon for shooting a 70-year-old man at a home located on the 100 block of Lake Shore Drive Tuesday morning.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a call for a shooting at 2:26am Tuesday morning at a home on Lake Shore Drive and discovered a 70-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head. The Officers also met with Bos in the home at the time of this event. The 70-year-old man was rushed to the hospital and survived the injury. Detectives gathered information and evidence which led the Detectives to believe that Bos was responsible for the injury to the 70-year-old man. The Detectives obtained a warrant for arrest for Bos for Aggravated Assault on Thursday. Detectives went to her home on Lake Shore Drive and arrested Bos Thursday afternoon. Bos was then delivered to the city detention center accused of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, a first degree felony which is punishable by up to 99 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Bos was also charged with Attempted Murder and Injury to the Elderly, so the warrant for her arrest was for three total criminal charges.

Criminal Investigations Division

Police Warn Public of Potential Phone Scam

Corpus Christi Police would like help from the public to identify the person in this phone record. A person in the Corpus Christi community received a phone call on August 16, 2015 from 361-219-4997 by a person who identified them self as Lieutenant Wade Harris and claimed the person called had a warrant for their arrest. The person who received the phone call did not believe the caller and then called the Corpus Christi Police and learned there is no Wade Harris employed by the Corpus Christi Police, there was no warrant for their arrest, and this may be a scam.

Any person contacted by phone about any warrant for their arrest should ask several questions to determine if the caller is legitimate. A law enforcement officer who contacts a person by phone about a warrant for arrest will provide specific information such as the agency the Officer represents, the Officer’s name, the exact charge against the person for which the warrant has been issued, a phone number for the agency, and the Officer will never demand money in an effort to avoid or delay arrest.
Anyone with any information or questions about this caller should call the Corpus Christi Police at 361-886-2600.

Update:

A 71-year-old man reported to the Corpus Christi Police on August 21, 2015 that he provided over $800 dollars to a person who claimed to be Lance Dobson, a Deputy with the Nueces County Sheriff’s Department, and claimed the 71-year-old man had a warrant for his arrest. The 71-year-old man told Officers he provided payment to Dobson by telling the card numbers from Paypal cards in order to avoid an imminent arrest. The 71-year-old man said Dobson called from the number 361-219-9147. The Corpus Christi Police Financial Crimes began to investigate this crime and determined there is no Lance Dobson employed with the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office, and the Deputies do not identify their agency as the Sheriff’s Department. Detectives also determined there was no warrant for the arrest for the 71 year old man. Detectives want the public to be aware of this scam and only pay any fine or court costs to the court directly and never over the phone.