Occurred on 5/22/12, 10:09 am  Robbery   3201 S. Staples Street   1205220049 

Officers searching for a suspect involved in a disturbance at the Corner Mart, 3201 S. Staples Street found him in the 3500 block of S. Staples where he appeared to be involved in a verbal dispute.

Further investigation revealed, the suspect Gregory Huckvale (06/22/70) was in the process of robbing the victim.  The 52-year-old victim told Officers he was talking on his cell phone when Huckvale walked up to the victim demanding his cash.  Huckvale threatened to assault the victim if he didn’t give him some money.

The Officers arrival interrupted the robbery before the victim was assaulted.  The suspect quickly walked away, but was detained at Carroll and Dabney.  Huckvale was arrested and booked at the City Detention.  He was charged with Robbery.

Occurred on 5/20/12, 10:51 pm  Aggravated Assault  902 18th Street   1205200158

Officers investigating an attack with a machete arrived to find the residents of 809 17th Street closing their blinds and turning off the lights.  The sound of people arguing could be heard inside the home as Officers searched for victims.  A 22-year-old man told Officers he was returning home from a BBQ when he was confront his neighbor who threw a beer bottle at him, smashing the front windshield of his truck.

The victim told Officers he got out of his truck to confront his neighbor, Arthur Mathew Fehrenbach (05/06/93) who ran home and armed himself with a knife. Fehrenbach returned to the victim’s house accompanied by his Uncle Jose Refugio Garcia (12/28/81) who was armed with a machete.  Fehrenbach and Garcia pushed the door the door after Garcia cut and hit the screen door with the machete.  The victim struck Fehrenbach with a baseball bat, while Garcia began swinging at him with the machete.  A fight ensued on the porch until the suspects fled.

Both Fehrenbach and Garcia ran back to their house, but the arguing ensued as the neighbors continued to yell and argue with one another through the fence separating their homes.  The victim threw a flower-pot at Garcia striking him in the head.

The victim sustained a couple of minor lacerations to his right arm during the assault.  Officers arrested Fehrenbach and Garcia who were taken to Spohn Memorial to be medically cleared.  Both were charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

The machete was recovered and tagged as evidence.

Occurred on 5/19/2012    02:49am     4500 Adkins     Auto Burglary        1205190038

The owner of a late-model Ford Pickup residing in the 4400 block of Jansen Street, told the investigating officer that he noticed the dome light to his truck was on, so he walked outside to investigate.  When he checked the truck, the owner discovered that someone had rifled through the glove compartment and strewn papers about the cab, but nothing appeared to be missing.  The man told officers that when he walked to the truck, he saw a dark-colored Mitsubishi Eclipse that was parked one house away drive off at a high rate of speed.  The officer began searching the neighborhood for the suspect vehicle and spotted a black Eclipse stopped near several parked cars in the 4900 block of Trinity Street.  When the officer approached, the Eclipse suddenly sped away; running a stop sign at Mt. Vernon.  The Officer then pulled the car over in the 4900 block of Lavaca Street, which was occupied by two men in their late teens.  In the rear seat of the car, the officer noticed a black backpack containing a pill bottle.  Also inside the backpack were a black IPod, five pocket knives, and a pair of sunglasses. The name on the prescription didn’t match either of the teens and returned to an address on the 4500 block of Adkins Street. Officers contacted the homeowner on Adkins, who told them that someone had stolen the pill bottle from the cab of his late-model Ford Pickup, along with his IPod, two pocket knives, and a pair of sunglasses.  The man then identified the IPod, pocket knives,  and sunglasses that were found inside the backpack as his.  Both men, Christopher Garza (DOB: 10-8-1993) and Rafael Soliz (DOB: 4-12-1993), were then arrested and charged with Auto Burglary and possession of a controlled substance.

Occurred: 5/18/2012   00:20      2100 Nodding Pines      Evading Arrest   1205180006                                                         

Two CCPD Officers patrolling the 6000 block of Holly Road observed a tan colored Infiniti in front of them commit several traffic violations before turning onto the 2100 block of Nodding Pines.  When officers attempted to stop the car, the driver continued on and turned into a small apartment complex, speeding up in the parking lot and striking a silver BMW.  The Infiniti continued to evade officers, speeding toward the rear of the complex, where the driver jumped from the vehicle while it was still in motion.  The car then crashed into the rear of a parked pickup truck, while the driver fled on foot.  Officers pursed the man, who jumped a fence and continued to run down the 6000 block of Wilderock and into a second housing complex.  Officers finally apprehended the man after he unsuccessfully attempted to force his way into one of the townhomes.  Thomas Stevenson (DOB: 7-11-1983) was arrested for Evading Arrest in a vehicle and on foot.  Officers later discovered that he had one outstanding warrant for criminal mischief from Nueces County, and two outstanding warrants from Travis County for possession and delivery of a controlled substance.  He was booked at the City Detention Center after being medically evaluated due to the traffic crash.

Occurred: 5/16/2012   2:34 AM       Assault/ Stolen Vehicle/Evading Arrest       1205160012, 0016, and 0021

Four juveniles are in custody at the Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center after they were arrested by police following a short pursuit of a stolen SUV early Wednesday morning.  At about 2:30 AM Wednesday morning, Patrol Officers responded to Port and Tarlton Streets to investigate a reported assault.  Two men in their early twenties told officers that they were assaulted by four teenage boys in a black Nissan Rogue.  The victims told officers that they were standing in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 3000 block of S. Port Avenue when the four teens drove up in the Nissan, got out of the vehicle and began punching the two men.  The four then got back into the vehicle and fled the area prior to police arriving.  Officers checked the license plate given by the victims and discovered the Nissan had been reported stolen on May 5th.

Officers searching for the Nissan later spotted it in the 700 block of Duncan Street.  When officers attempted to pull it over, the driver led them on a short pursuit that ended in the 2900 block of Marguerite Street where the vehicle crashed into a parked Ford Escort.  All four occupants then fled on foot, but were quickly rounded up by responding officers.  The four teens face a variety of serious charges including Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Evading Arrest, and Assault.  The two victims of the assault were not seriously injured and did not require medical attention.

CCPD Increases Collection Efforts of Parking Citations

Today the Parking Control unit of the Corpus Christi Police Department will launch a parking citation round-up of unpaid parking citations.  Parking Enforcement Officers will begin ‘booting’ vehicles with outstanding parking citations that have accumulated 3 or more parking citations that remain unpaid.

The front wheel of the vehicle will be fitted with a mechanical clamping device known as a Denver Boot, which secures the wheel making the vehicle un-drivable until removed. The device will remain in place until the vehicles owner pays all outstanding unpaid parking citations to any vehicles registered to that owner and an applicable boot and/or tow fee.

Beginning January 1 of this year any new parking citations became civil violations versus criminal violations. In just 3 ½ months 31 vehicles already surpassed the 3 citation mark, with some having up to 10 unpaid citations. Under the criminal parking citations’ falling under Municipal Court the ‘boot-list’ has 475 vehicles with over $2.6 million owed to the city since 2004. Even though all of those on the list had received notification of the intent to boot very few responded. 

The Office of Administrative Hearings which now adjudicates civil parking citations was launched in January with a real-time automated software system by Duncan Solutions that updates daily. The OOAH has seen the percentage of paid citations triple over the last 4 months with the multiple payment options and the ease of paying. However the same vehicle owners who ignored the citations under Municipal Court have continued to ignore citations under the civil system. Four of the first 31 vehicle owners on the new boot list cleared their citations after notification. 24 of the 27 remaining vehicle owners have citations under both systems with one person having over 88 tickets for almost $3000 in outstanding citations and several vehicle owners owing between $500 and $1000.  Seeing vehicles on the list with 20, 40 or 60 citations is not uncommon. 

Parking Control reports most of the unpaid tickets belong to individuals who own vehicles valued at $30,000 or more and have failed to pay their citations. Most vehicle owners have been issued at least three and upto eighty-eight citations.  According to Marc Denson, “less than 2% of the population owes $3 millions and that’s unfair to the other 98% who either abide by the parking regulations or pahy their citations.”

Prior to January of this year the city would send notices to those placed on the boot-list. Under the new system the city sends a notice for every unpaid citation on the 15^th day and both a certified and first class notice when qualified to boot. Some of the names on the new list have received 12 letters in 4 months and still ignored them. CCPD and Municipal Court are working together moves to more effective collection practices that can’t be ignored and have proven effective in other cities.

Those with outstanding unpaid parking citations prior to January of this year are encouraged to contact Municipal Court and those with outstanding unpaid parking citations since January to contact the Office of Administrative Hearings to make arrangements to clear up those citations before they are booted or towed.   Booting adds $75 to the fines and towing if the vehicle is not redeemed by paying all outstanding citations by 4:00 pm the day the vehicle is booted adds another $153.