A 26-year-old man was detained by police Tuesday evening after a 13-year-old boy complained to Police Officers that he was taken involuntarily at knife point by the 26-year-old man to fraudulently get money at the 3000 block of Antelope Street. In a turn of events, the 26-year-old man was released and the 13-year-old boy was taken into custody.

A 13-year-old boy told Corpus Christi Police Officers he saw the 26-year-old man at a park on the 2500 block of Dempsey Street. The 26-year-old man had three small children in a stroller. The 13-year-old boy said the man displayed a knife and demanded the boy to go knock on doors to get money.

The 13-year-old boy went to an apartment at the 3000 block of Antelope Street and knocked on the door. A 58-year-old woman answered and then called police for the boy. The man walked away from the apartments but was later located by police.

The 13-year-old boy was interviewed and eventually changed his story. The 26-year-old man knew the boy and gave the boy money to buy juice for the small children. The boy did not return after several hours, and the 26-year-old man found the boy and demanded the money be returned. The boy then provided a false story about the abduction to the 58-year-old woman and then to police.

The boy had an active directive to apprehend by the Nueces County Juvenile Court for previous unrelated charges and was then delivered to the Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center. The 26-year-old man was released.

The Corpus Christi Police intend to pursue criminal charges against the boy for the False Report to a Peace Officer which is a Class B Misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months incarceration and up to a $2,000 fine.

The Corpus Christi Police Department is investigating a Sunday night homicide on Duncan Street at Highland Avenue.

Corpus Christi Police were called to the Spohn Memorial Hospital at 11:18pm Sunday night to investigate a man who was brought in by a personally owned vehicle seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. The 21-year-old man did not survive his injuries which prompted the Police to begin a homicide investigation.

Police Officers were directed to the intersection of Duncan Street and Highland Avenue and found evidence of the crime. Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives have no suspect description to provide presently as this is an early stage of the investigation. The cause of death and details of the injury will be determined by the Nueces County Medical Examiner.

Anyone with any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police at 886-2741. Information may be provided to investigators through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Date: April 7, 2013 11:18pm

Location: Duncan Street and Highland Avenue http://goo.gl/maps/gNCwt

Offense: Murder

Case Number: 1304070158

Two Corpus Christi Police marked Patrol cars were damaged in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Staples and Agnes when the two Officers ran into each other while they responded to a third Patrol Officer’s call for emergency backup.

No officer was injured, but two patrol cars were towed away with significant damage. The two Officers conducted an emergency run toward the 200 block of Caranchua at about 2:25am with their lights and sirens active in order to provide assistance to an officer on a traffic stop who requested emergency backup. The two officers collided in the intersection and no other person or other vehicle was damaged in the crash.

The crash will be reviewed by the city risk management group, the Police Traffic Safety section, and the Police Internal Affairs section.

The Officer who had called for emergency backup had conducted a traffic stop in which there were multiple occupants of the violator vehicle. The operator of the violator vehicle made furtive movements, and then jumped into the back seat of the vehicle. The operator of the violator vehicle, 20-year-old Christian Martinez (12/14/1992) refused to show the officer his hands and the officer feared the operator accessed a weapon and intended to attack the officer which prompted the call for emergency backup.

Other officers arrived and Martinez was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. The 29-year-old passenger, Julia Elizondo (8/10/1983) was arrested for Public Intoxication. The red 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup was impounded. The officers discovered synthetic marijuana in the vehicle while the officers conducted a vehicle inventory. Elizondo and Martinez were then delivered to the city detention center.

Date: March 25, 2013, 2:25am

Location: Staples & Agnes http://goo.gl/maps/h09Sl

Offense: City vehicle crash

Case Number: C1302149 (connected to 1303250015)

A fugitive on the Nueces County Top Ten list was apprehended Monday morning when A Corpus Christi Police Officer spotted the fugitive while on foot patrol on the 3800 block of Brady Wine Court.

A Corpus Christi Police Officer was on foot patrol at about 1:15am on Monday morning and noticed a man stagger on the sidewalk on the 3800 block of Brandy Wine Court. The officer met the man to determine if the man was injured or intoxicated.

The man identified himself as Guadalupe Bazaldua (9/12/1990) and the officer discovered Bazaldua was on the September list of the Nueces County Top Ten most wanted fugitives. The officer arrested Bazaldua and transported him to the city detention center. The warrant for Bazaldua’s arrest was for Burglary of a Habitation.

Date: Monday, March 18, 2013, 1:16am

Location: 3800 Brandy Wine Court http://goo.gl/maps/27CSc

Offense: Warrant of Arrest

Case Number: 1303180009

Corpus Christi Police are investigating an aggravated robbery that happened at 2101 Morgan Avenue at 4:17pm Thursday afternoon.

A man walked into a store and displayed a knife to a store employee and demanded cash from the register. The man got the cash and then ran from the store. No person was injured in the event.

Police are searching for a white man about 40 years of age who wore an orange long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, blue baseball cap, sunglasses, and a black backpack.

Anyone interested to research reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi should search the site www.Crimereports.com for valuable information. Anyone with any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives at 886-2841. Information may be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com.

Date: March 14, 2013, 16:17

Location: 2101 Morgan Avenue

Offense: Aggravated Robbery

Case Number: 1303140105