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Criminal Investigations Division

CCPD Looking for this Vehicle Burglary Quartet

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DATE: 09/21/2014 10:15 pm – 09/22/2014 8 am
LOCATION: 4600 Ocean Drive
OFFENSE: Burglary of a Vehicle   (PC 30.04 Class A Misdemeanor)
CASE # 1409220046

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are looking for four males that have been involved in several burglaries to vehicles in the 4600 block of Ocean Drive.  Detectives believe the suspects committed these offenses sometime between 10:15 pm on September 21 and 8 am on September 22.

Camera surveillance that has been edited in time show four male suspects walking around the parking lot and one of the suspects enters a black Lincoln town car and removes property from inside.  All the males are then observed getting into another vehicle and leaving the scene. Corpus Christi Detectives are asking anyone that may recognize any of these males to contact the police department.

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Detectives are also looking for any other victims who may have had their vehicle broken into while it was parked at this location.  Anyone who can identify the individuals responsible, or has any additional information about this crime, should call the Corpus Christi Police Auto Theft Task Force Detectives at 886-2840.

Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Criminal Investigations Division

Financial Crimes Detectives Seek Public Help To Catch Counterfeit Thieves

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Suspect in counterfeit case
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Person of interest sought by Police. Detectives believe this man may have information relative to this counterfeit case.
Vehicle operated by the suspect in counterfeit case.
Vehicle operated by the suspect in counterfeit case.

Date: Sunday, September 28, 2014 23:15
Location: 4202 Staples Street
Offense: Forgery of a Financial Instrument (Penal Code Section 32.21) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1410010110

The Corpus Christi Police Financial Crimes Detectives would like help from the public to identify and locate two men involved with passing counterfeit bills Sunday at a convenience store located at 4202 Staples Street.

A 35-year-old man reported the counterfeit bill to the Corpus Christi Police and explained that while the 35-year-old man worked as a store clerk, a male customer attempted to purchase cigarettes with counterfeit money. The 35-year-old man refused to sell the cigarettes and the man left the store.

The suspect is described as a 20-year-old man about 5 feet 8 inches tall, 170 pounds, and wore a white cap backwards, a black t-shirt with white lettering, black shorts, white socks and black shoes. The suspect was accompanied by a man who wore a black cap backwards, a red sleeveless shirt with a blue back to the shirt, black shorts, white socks and black shoes and spoke on a cell phone the entire visit to the store.

Anyone who can identify either of these two men should contact the Corpus Christi Police Financial Crimes Detectives at 886-2841. 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 information online at www.888TIPS.com. Information which results in an arrest may earn the caller a case reward.

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Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Female Walks Out With Stolen Shoes

Date: 09/18/2014        12:30 PM
Location: 5400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Theft                       (PC   31.03     Class B Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1409180096
The manager from the Bealls Department Store located at 5488 South Padre Island Drive called Corpus Christi Police to report that over $250 worth of shoes were stolen. The suspect female went to the shoe department in the store and began cutting security tags off shoes and then concealed the shoes in hand bags.  Security camera images show a hispanic female, 30 to 40 years of age with dark medium length hair walking out of the store without paying. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information 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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Female walking out of store.

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

Man Suffers Gun Shots on Fig Street

Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014, 12:09pm
Location: 2800 Fig Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) 2nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1409270064

A 37-year-old man reported an aggravated assault on the 2800 block of Fig Street to Corpus Christi Police Saturday. Corpus Christi Police responded to a call of a shooting at 12:09pm Saturday and found a 37-year-old man in the street with obvious injuries which appeared to responding officers to be gun shots. The 37-year-old man was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of his injuries.

Witnesses told Officers that the 37-year-old man was shot by another man in the street. Witnesses told Officers the suspect ran with a woman from the scene of the shooting east on Clodah from Fig and then ran north toward Fern Drive. Witnesses described the suspect as a man about 5 feet five inches tall, about 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Corpus Christi Police Detectives and Forensics Services were summoned to collect information and evidence from the scene and Officers continue to search for the suspect.

Anyone who has any additional information about this aggravated assault should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives at 886-2841. 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 information 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, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Conduct Death Investigation on Jose Drive

UPDATE: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Murder for Ronald Jackson (2.1.1970)
Jackson was arrested at 9:36 p.m. near Greenwood and Horne during a traffic stop. He was booked into the CDC.

Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014, 11:05am
Location: 4600 Jose Drive
Offense: Death Investigation
Case Number: 1409270062

The Corpus Christi Police are conducting an investigation of an unattended death which happened on the 4600 block of Jose Drive Saturday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a call for help at 11:05am in which a 38-year-old woman was reportedly not responsive. Officers and Emergency Medical Services arrived and determined the 38-year-old woman was deceased. The Emergency Responders observed the circumstances and suspected the death of the 38-year-old woman may not have been the result of natural causes.

Officers summoned the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division and the Corpus Christi Police Forensics Services to gather information and evidence from the scene. Detectives will have the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office evaluate the 38-year-old woman to determine the cause of death in order to conclude whether or not the death was a result of criminal action. Detectives are interested in speaking to several people, but there are no suspects in this event because there is no determination of criminal action until the cause of death has been identified.

Anyone who has any additional information about this event should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives at 886-2841. 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 information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Criminal Investigations Division, Gang Unit

Police Seek Help to Find Fugitive

Joe Bernal (2/16/1978) Wanted for Possession of a Controlled Substance
Joe Bernal (2/16/1978)
Wanted for Possession of a Controlled Substance

The Corpus Christi Police would like help from the public to locate a fugitive. Corpus Christi Police are searching for 36-year-old Joe Bernal (2/16/1978) for Possession of a Controlled Substance. The warrant was issued by the 117th Court on August 12, 2014. Bernal is described as a male who stands six feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, has brown eyes, brown hair, a scar on his left eyebrow, and a tattoo on his back of a gargoyle on the top of a building.

Anyone who knows how to locate Bernal should call the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600 or the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office at 887-2242. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and help authorities locate Bernal should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Investigate Two Deaths on Etienne Drive

Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014, 15:40
Location: 8000 Etienne Drive
Offense: Murder
Case Number: 1409250087

Corpus Christi Police are investigating the deaths of two adults on the 8000 block of Etienne Drive Thursday afternoon. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a shooting at 3:40pm on the 8000 block of Etienne Drive. Officers discovered a woman in the street and a man near the front door to a house and the Officers saw they had obvious injuries. Officers said they believe the injuries were consistent with gunshot wounds and had the Corpus Christi Fire Department Emergency Medical Services provide treatment to the man and woman. The man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene.

Responding Officers summoned the assistance from the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division and the Corpus Christi Police Forensics Services. Detectives processed the scene and believed the event was a possible murder/suicide and have no information to support any claim of a third person involved in this event. Detectives continue to gather information and evidence from the area and continue to work to verify the identity of the man and woman and any relationship they may have. The man is believed to be in his 50’s in age and the woman is believed to be in her 40’s in age. Anyone who has any information about this case who have not spoken with Police should contact the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division at 886-2841.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Car Burglar Swipes Purse

Date: 07/20/2014        12:35 AM
Location: 4400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Burglary of a Vehicle                    (PC   30.04 Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1407200063
A 28 year old female called Corpus Christi Police to report that her 2004 GMC Envoy SUV had been broken into while it was parked in front of a business located at 4440 S. Padre Island Dr. Camera images show a male suspect walk around the building and break the passenger side door window.  The suspect then reaches in and takes the victims purse.  The suspect was then picked up by a dark colored passenger car, unknown make or model. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information 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 walking in parking lot of 4440 S.P.I.D.

 

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Masked Burglar Gets Nothing For His Troubles

DATE: 09/17/2014      8:05 AM
LOCATION: 5400 Ayers Street
OFFENSE: Burglary of a Building    (PC 30.02        State Jail Felony)
CASE # 1409170037
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a burglary of a building located at 5422 Ayers Street, Arnold Oil Company. The owner of the business stated that between 09/16/2014 sometime after 5:00 p.m. and 09/17/2014 before 8:00 a.m., an unknown male suspect smashed out the side glass door to the business and went inside. Once inside the suspect jumped over the counter and then pried open two cash registers but no money was in the registers.  The suspect then left the business. Surveillance cameras from the business show a male wearing a mask, a cap and gloves. He appears to be 5’8” to 6’00” tall and between180 and 200 pounds. While no property was taken, there was about $400 in damage done to the door of the business.  Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information 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 walking behind the counter of a business after breaking in

 

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Suspect Breaks Into Church Storage Shed

DATE: 09/09/2014      2:57 PM
LOCATION: 1017 Airline Road
OFFENSE: Burglary of a Building    (PC 30.02        State Jail Felony)
CASE # 1409090111
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a burglary of a building located at 1017 Airline Rd. A 57 year old male victim discovered that a storage shed had been broken into and about $295 worth of property was stolen. Camera surveillance shows a male suspect 5’10” to 6’2” tall, wearing blue jeans, an orange shirt and a hat turning off power to the building and then going inside. The suspect vehicle involved is an older model navy blue Ford F-150 truck with a tool box  in the bed. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information 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 vehicle pulling into parking lot

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Suspect walking up to storage shed

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Suspect entering storage shed