Category Archives: Gang Unit

Criminal Investigations Division, Gang Unit

Help Police Capture This Gang Member

Geronimo Sanchez (11/3/1980) Wanted for Drug Possession
Geronimo Sanchez (11/3/1980)
Wanted for Drug Possession

Corpus Christi Police would like help from the public to locate known gang member 34-year-old Geronimo Sanchez (11/3/1980). Sanchez has a warrant for his arrest for drug possession issued on March 3, 2015 out of the 117th District Court.

Sanchez is described as a 34-year-old white male with black hair, brown eyes, stands 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds, and has multiple tattoos including a star on his throat.

Anyone who can help police locate Sanchez 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 Public Help To Apprehend Violent Gang Member

Eddie Esquivel (15/14/1990) Wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Eddie Esquivel (12/14/1990)
Wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Eddie Esquivel (15/14/1990) Wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Eddie Esquivel (12/14/1990)
Wanted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon

The Corpus Christi Police would like help from the public to locate 24-year-old Eddie Esquivel (12/14/1990),  a known gang member with a warrant for his arrest for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, each issued out of the 28th District Court. Esquivel is described as a white male with brown hair and brown eyes who stands 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 174 pounds and has multiple tattoos. Esquivel’s tattoos include “PBT” on the left cheeck, a Houston star on the left side of his neck, “South West” on the right side of his neck, Egyptian Anubis markings on his right forearm, and “Warrior” on his chest.

Anyone with any information to help Police locate Esquivel 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.

Bravo District, Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Gang Unit

Homicide at Fishing Pier

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2015, 2:22am Location: 11645 SPID Offense: Murder Case Number: 1502200012 Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to the CosWay fishing pier in reference to a shooting. Responding officers located a 37 year old male victim who had been shot several times. The officers began CPR but the victim did not survive his wounds. CCPD homicide detectives are interviewing witnesses.

At approximately 4:41am officers were contacted at 321 John Sartain, The Main Police station, by a subject claiming to be involved in the shooting. The 29 year old male suspect was arrested for this latest homicide.

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.

Delta District, Gang Unit, Patrol Division

Gang Unit Finds Several Wanted Suspects

Corpus Christi Police Gang Unit Officers were able to secure two arrest warrants on Jose Cruz Esquivel (05/17/1983) for engaging in organized criminal activity and manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance. Both arrest warrants hold $100,000 bond each. Both of the warrants were obtained just after 4:00 PM on Tuesday and by 6:30 PM he was located at a home in the 200 block of Hudson St. and arrested. Gang Unit Officers then went to the 600 block of Gordon St. after they received information that some other suspects wanted on outstanding arrest warrants were in that area. Officers stopped a blue Mazda in the area being driven by Bruce Johnson (09/05/1974). He was found to have an outstanding probation violation warrant and he was arrested. That arrest led officers to several other wanted individuals. Officers found Eric Davila (10/31/1980) standing outside of an apartment. He was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for possession of cocaine. That arrest warrant had no bond. Inside one of the apartments officers located wanted person Ruben Coddington (12/27/1982) who was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for tampering / fabricating evidence.  There was no bond on this arrest warrant. A female inside the apartment, Nichole Mcaninch (03/16/1989), was arrested for hindering apprehension after she was found to have attempted to hide the wanted person from police.

Gang Unit

Police Recover Guns and Narcotics on Barrera Drive

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 14:23

Location: 4300 Barrera Drive

Offense: Possession of a Controlled Substance (Health and Safety Code Section 481.115) 2nd Degree Felony

Case Number: 1402260099

Corpus Christi Police arrested 20-year-old Derrick Gomez (7/19/1993) at a home on the 4300 block of Barrera Drive Wednesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Corpus Christi Police Officers and Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms went to the house and discovered contraband to include firearms, a ballistic vest, ammunition, and narcotics which the Officers believe was crack-cocaine. Officers collected the contraband and delivered Gomez to the city detention center.

Community Outreach, Gang Unit, Narcotics/Vice Division, Patrol Division

Local Gang Member, Associates Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

Contributedby USATXS-Public Affairs Officer Angela Dodge

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Three men working with the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) to distribute heroin and cocaine in the Corpus Christi area have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alejandro Guerrero, 39, of Corpus Christi, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin after a two-day jury trial in October 2013.

Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden W. Head sentenced Guerrero to a total term of 188 months in federal prison which will be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.

Jose Miguel Zuniga aka Slick, 33, also of Corpus Christi, and Alberto Donicio Galindo aka Crazy Horse, 38, of Laredo, had previously entered respective guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Zuniga and Galindo were also sentenced today to 74 and 24 months in federal prison, respectively. Both will serve three years of supervised release.

The remaining defendants in this case, Ruben Esparza aka Popo, 36, and Ernesto Villarreal aka Crash, 36, both of Robstown, have also pleaded guilty to their involvement in the heroin conspiracy and are scheduled for sentencing in Houston before U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Altas in February.

Jurors in the trial of Guerrero heard testimony that Esparza, a local leader of the TMM, had been receiving shipments of narcotics from Laredo in 2011. Investigators learned of the time and place of drug shipments and witnessed Guerrero meet with a courier from Laredo at a Corpus Christi Walmart on two occasions. After a traffic stop, law enforcement discovered a loaded handgun in the passenger compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle. “Black tar” heroin was also found hidden in a secret compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle.

Galindo was another courier for the Laredo drug source. He delivered 4 ½ ounces of cocaine to Esparza in April 2011. Zuniga, another member of the TMM, admitted to purchasing an ounce of heroin from Esparza in May 2011, which Zuniga then intended to distribute.

All defendants have been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

This case was investigated through a joint effort by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hess.

Community Outreach, Delta District, Gang Unit, Narcotics/Vice Division

Siblings Arrested When Overnight Search Warrant Served

Date:  January 9, 2014, 9:40pm
Location:  3705 MacArthur Street
Event:  Search Warrant
Case Number:  1401090152

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 Corpus Christi Police Department Narcotic and Vice Investigations Division officers along with Gang Unit officers served a Search and Arrest warrant at 3705 MacArthur Street.   Officers seized 14.33grams of powder Cocaine, 40.89grams of Marijuana and $503 in cash.  Weights on both the Cocaine and Marijuana  were aggregate gross weights. 

Siblings Michelle Adame (07/14/76) and Jose Luis Adame (07/29/78) were arrested and booked at the City Detention Center.  Michelle was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (State Jail Felony) and Possession of Marijuana (Class “B” Misdemeanor), while Jose Luis was charged with Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance (First Degree Felony) and Possession of Marijuana (Class “B” Misdemeanor).

A First Degree Felony is punishable by 5 to 99 years in prison, while a State Jail Felony is punishable from 180 days to two years in jail.  Both felonies can be fined up to $10,000.  A Class “B” MIsdemeanor is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

 

Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division, Gang Unit, Patrol Division

Hookah Lounge Murder Suspect Arrested

Occurred:  December 15, 2012, 3:36am
Location: 505 South Water Street http://goo.gl/maps/9dQtR
Event:  Homicide 
Case Number: 1212150028

Bacilio Rudy Hernandez
Bacilio Rudy Hernandez

Patrick Mark Brailey, 29, was fatally injured Saturday, December 15, 2012 after a disturbance at the  Smokin Waves Lounge at 505 S. Water Street.  Further investigation revealed, a man at the gathering walked away from the crowd and discharged a firearm in the direction of the crowd, striking Brailey.  He would later die from his injury at Spohn Memorial.

Homicide/Robbery Detective Ralph Lee worked persistently on the homicide investigation and was able to obtain a murder warrant for Bacilio Rudy Hernandez (09/01/77) when he was positively identified as the shooter.

Hernandez who is a known gang member was arrested by Gang Unit Officers on December 3, 2013 at 418 Hiawatha.  He was booked at the City Detention Center and charged with Murder.  His bond is set at $1,000,000.

For additional information, please see the original blotter post at http://wp.me/p1D8kP-2Uv .

Gang Unit, Patrol Division

Patrol Report for October 10, 2013

Charlie District

Date:  October 10, 2013, 12:50am
Location:  Saratoga Boulevard /Ayers Street http://goo.gl/maps/T4Ue0
Event:  Evading Arrest
Case Number:  1310100009

Seth Kaine Lazo
Seth Kaine Lazo

Police attempted to pull over a vehicle for failing to stop for a red light at Ayers and Saratoga. The driver Seth Kaine Lazo continued on for about a mile and pulled over.

Lazo was found to be wanted and arrested.  He was charged with Evading Arrest with a Vehicle, Driving While License Suspended/Invalid and Reckless Driving. 

He was additionally charged with two outstanding Nueces County warrants for Driving While License Suspended/Invalid and Contempt of Court.  The two warrants had No Bond set.

Gang Unit Division

Date:  October 9, 2013, 5:52pm
Location: 1400 San Luis Street http://goo.gl/maps/Fybc4
Event:  Evading, Hit & Run
Case Number:  1310090096, 1310090103, C1307428

Ricardo Eugene Bolden
Ricardo Eugene Bolden

Gang Unit Officers spotted a stolen vehicle and attempted to pull over the white Toyota Camry.  The driver Ricardo Eugene Bolden (06/07/69) refused to stop and fled.  Bolden kept throwing items out of the vehicle as he drove off; failing to stop at a couple of stop signs.  The pursuit was terminated.

Police were called 20 to 30 minutes later for a disturbance with a weapon involving the owner of the vehicle and the suspect.  Bolden refused to turn the car over to the victim and pulled a knife out in order to escape.

The owner of the Camry told Officers that Bolden ran the red light at Horne and Hwy 286 Access when it was struck by a gray BMW 528I.  The driver, 35 and three passengers, 19, 12, and 1 were uninjured in the wreck.   Bolden pulled out a wheelchair and fled. 

Bolden was quickly captured and arrested.  He was booked at the City Detention Center after being medically cleared.  Bolden was charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Accident Involving Damage to Vehicle.