The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 1019 calls for service and generated 238 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. October 1 to 7:00 a.m. on October 2, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/02/2015       12:05 AM
Location: 4200 Interstate Highway 69 Access Road
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.02   Sate Jail Felony
Case Number: 1510020009
A business owner called Corpus Christi Police after he arrived at his store, located in the 4200 block of Interstate 69 Access Road, and found the front glass door had been broken.

Once inside Officers found an office inside the building had been broken into and ransacked. It does not appear as though anything was stolen, but the suspects did attempt to gain access to a safe that was in the office.  They were unsuccessful.

Officers continue to investigate this crime and no suspects have been arrested.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 941 calls for service and generated 210 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 30 to 7:00 a.m. on October 1, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 10/01/2015       2:15 AM
Location: 5700 South Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C. 22.02   Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1510010012
Corpus Christi Police were called after a suspect assaulted two other men as they all left a bar in the 5700 block of South Staples Street.

Officers arrived in the parking lot to find a 30 year old male on the ground in the parking lot unconscious. According to his 37 year old wife, they were both leaving the bar when the suspect yelled at her. Her husband went to confront the suspect and he was punched in the face and knocked out. He was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS.

Another 29 year old man went to confront the suspect and he was hit in the throat. He was not seriously injured.

Officers were able to arrive in time to take the suspect, Robert Lee Smith (11/12/1968), into custody. He was arrested for aggravated assault for causing serious injury to the first man he hit. He was additionally charged with assault for hitting the other man who came to assist.  

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 910 calls for service and generated 227 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 29 to 7:00 a.m. on September 30, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/29/2015       8:50 AM
Location: 10030 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.03   Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1509290034
The manager of a business called Corpus Christi Police after a Pepsi machine located on the property was broken into and the money inside was stolen.

Officers found metal shavings on the ground around the machine and upon further investigation they determined the suspects had drilled out the lock plate on the machine and removed the coin box from inside.

It is unknown how much money was stolen from the machine.

It is estimated the suspects did nearly $300 in damage to the Pepsi machine trying to get the coin box out.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 885 calls for service and generated 248 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 28 to 7:00 a.m. on September 29, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/29/2015       4:10 AM
Location: 1300 Aswan Drive
Offense: Deadly Conduct
P.C. 22.05   Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1509290019
A 36 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after he heard four gunshots fired outside his home, located in the 1300 block of Aswan Drive.

When Officers arrived they found a 2007 Jeep Cherokee parked in the road in front of the home. It had a shattered front passenger side window, and at least one bullet hole through the driver door window. There was another bullet hole located on the lower passenger side of the vehicle.

At this time, there is no suspect information, and no one has been arrested in this case.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 807 calls for service and generated 211 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 27 to 7:00 a.m. on September 28, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/27/2015       6:20 PM
Location: 600 Naval Air Station Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C. 22.02   First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1509270127
A 49 year old female called Corpus Christi Police after her boyfriend came home from a bar, after watching a football game, and assaulted her.

By the time Officers arrived, the boyfriend had left.  The female told Officers that after her boyfriend came home from the bar, he began to argue with her. He grabbed her and pushed her into a wall inside their apartment, located in the 600 block of Naval Air Station Drive.

He then picked up a metal baseball bat and hit her in the stomach area and then stomped on her chest. The female believed that her ribs were broken during the assault. She was transported to Bay Area Hospital by CCFD EMS.

About an hour later, Officers did find the boyfriend back at the apartment. The boyfriend, Charles Krueger (06/20/1968), was arrested for aggravated assault.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 912 calls for service and generated 252 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 24 to 7:00 a.m. on September 25, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/24/2015       8:20 AM
Location: 3200 South Staples Street
Offense: Burglary
P.C. 30.04   Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1509240034
An alert female sitting in her car, in the parking lot of the Del Mar College Economic Center, located at 3209 South Staples Street, noticed a male suspect walking around trying to open car doors.

When she saw the suspect open the door of a parked 2006 Chevrolet truck and remove a backpack from inside, she called Corpus Christi Police.

The witness followed the suspect, at a safe distance, as he began walking away from the area. She was able to direct Officers to the suspect as he attempted to enter a barber shop in the 2900 block of Norton Street.

Officers found the suspect inside along with the stolen backpack. Officers arrested the man, Paul Gonzalez (10/03/1975), for burglary and the property was returned to the victim.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 981 calls for service and generated 197 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 23 to 7:00 a.m. on September 24, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/23/2015       9:05 PM
Location: 1600 North Shoreline Boulevard
Offense: Reckless Driving
T.C. 545.401     Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1509230136
A Corpus Christi Police Officer responding to the report of street racing occurring at the Barge Dock, in the 1600 block of Shoreline Boulevard, arrested a man for reckless driving.

The Officer was observing the area from a distance when he saw a 2003 Chrysler PT cruiser in the dock area began to rev up its engine and then saw him take off at a high rate of speed spinning its tires. The driver had no regard for people fishing on the dock, or the pedestrians walking in the area.

The driver, Christian Arriola (03/30/1998), was arrested for reckless driving and his car was impounded.

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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 902 calls for service and generated 215 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. September 22 to 7:00 a.m. on September 23, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 09/23/2015       12:30 AM
Location: 800 Harmon Street
Offense: Possession of Marijuana
H.S.C. 481.121 State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1509230004
A Corpus Christi Police Officer on a traffic stop in the 800 block of Harmon Street found two females in possession of marijuana.

The Officer had stopped the 2000 Buick sedan after the driver failed to use a signal to make a turn. When the Officer determined that no one in the vehicle had a driver’s license and there was no insurance on the car he decided to impound it.

Once the female passenger, Brandy Deleon (11/29/1991), was outside the car, the Officer noticed that she had a large bulge in her front waistband.  Once the package was removed, 17 individual bags of marijuana, weighing 4.3 ounces, was found.

The driver of the vehicle, Stephanie Lemos (12/20/1983), was also found to be in possession of 1 bag of marijuana.

The passenger was charged with possession of marijuana, a state jail felony.

The driver was charged with possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor.

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