Date: Friday, June 20, 2014, 7:00am
Location: 5802 Fire Creek Drive
Offense: Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance
Case Number: 1406200037
The Corpus Christi Police SWAT team on behalf of the Corpus Christi Police Narcotics Vice Investigations Division (NVID) served a search and arrest warrant at 5902 Fire Creek on Friday, June 20, 2014 at 7:00am. The warrant was obtained as a result of an undercover investigations conducted by NVID regarding the trafficking of cocaine. Seized as result of the warrant was 70g (agw) of powder cocaine, 17g (agw) hydro-marijuana, 5.9g (agw) Xanex bar, a package of synthetic marijuana, 2 digital scales, packaging material and a Honda 4 door vehicle. Police arrested 24-year-old Guadalupe Garza (7/23/1989) and 31-year-old Arnold Flores (8/22/1982) for manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and delivered to the City Detention Center.
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 9:19am Location: 3121 Magnolia Street Offense: Possession of a Controlled Substance Case Number: 1405220050
The Corpus Christi Police Special Weapons And Tactics team worked with the Corpus Christi Police Narcotics & Vice Investigators to serve a high risk narcotics search warrant at 3121 Magnolia Thursday morning. The warrant was the result of an undercover investigation of narcotics dealing out of the location. The search warrant resulted in the seizure of approximately a gram of crack cocaine, an AR15 rifle, a semiautomatic pistol and $1,600 in U.S. currency. Arrested were Jorell Armadillo 07/27/86 and his wife Delia Armadillo 12/09/86 for possession of a controlled substance. This is the second time in 18 months NVID has served a warrant this location and arrested Jorell Armadillo.
Local Drug Enforcement Authorities announced the results of the Drug Take Back event which was held on April 26th, 2014. The following weights were announced:
HEB, 3033 S. Port Ave., Corpus Christi, Texas 67.2 kgs
HEB, 5313 Saratoga Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas 129.6 kgs
HEB, 11110 Leopard, Corpus Christi, Texas 52.8 kgs
HEB, 1145 Waldron Rd., Corpus Christi, Texas 40.8 kgs
HEB, 106 S. San Patricio, Sinton, Texas 10.0 kgs
HEB, 101 E. Goodnight Ave, Aransas Pass, Texas 11.4 kgs
HEB, 1600 Wildcat Dr., Portland, Texas 54.6 kgs
HEB, 409 E. Kleberg Ave., Kingsville, Texas 60.8 kgs
HEB, 1115 E. Main St, Alice, Texas (New Location) 57.4 kgs
NAS/CCAD April 24, 2014 59.0 kgs
KIII 159.4 kgs
Collected prior to Take Back Day 332.3 kgs
Total 1,035.3 kilograms (2,277.66 pounds)
Thank you to all who volunteered and for those who participated to prevent misuse and pollution from unused and expired medications.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTS FOURTH COASTAL BEND PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY ON APRIL 26, 2014
“Living Drug Free Starts at Home”
(Corpus Christi, TX) – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with the Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass, Portland, Sinton, and Alice Police Departments and the Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office, will provide the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 26th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., DEA along with its local law enforcement partners nation-wide will host the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This is a free service and nine Take-Back locations will be available within the Coastal Bend Community.
Last October, Americans turned in 324 tons (over 647,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at over 4,114 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners. When those results are combined with what was collected in its seven previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 3.4 million pounds—more than 1,700 tons—of pills.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing unused medicines – flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – pose potential safety and health hazards.
“Prescription drug abuse is a major epidemic across the country and DEA is committed to reducing the potential for misuse by providing a safe and secure method for Americans to clean out their medicine cabinets and properly dispose of unwanted, unneeded, or expired medication,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “This nationwide community effort prevents home medicine cabinets from becoming sources of dangerous – and even deadly – drugs.”
DEA is in the process of approving new regulations that implement the Safe and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them. The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances. DEA is in the process of drafting regulations to implement the Act.
Coastal Bend Collection Sites are listed below:
Kiii TV 5002 South Padre Island Drive Corpus Christi
HEB 3033 S. Port Avenue Corpus Christi
HEB 5313 SaratogaBlvd Corpus Christi
HEB (Flour Bluff) 1145 WaldronRd. Corpus Christi
HEB (Annaville) 11100 Leopard St. Corpus Christi
HEB 1600 Wildcat Blvd. Portland
HEB 409 E. Kleberg Kingsville
HEB (Aransas Pass) 101 E. Goodnight Avenue Aransas Pass
HEB (Sinton) 106 S. San Patricio Sinton
HEB (ALICE) 1115 E. Main St. Alice
For more information and collection sites nation-wide, please visit www.dea.gov.
U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Field Division
Corpus Christi Resident Office http://www.dea.gov Date: April 8, 2014
Contact: Richard G. Thomas
Resident Agent in Charge
Number: (361) 887-1200
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014, 13:53
Location: 4125 Gollihar Road
Offense: Gambling Promotion (Penal Code Section 47.03) Class A Misdemeanor
Case number: 1404100093
Narcotics/Vice and Gang units executed a search warrant at It’ll Do Saloon (4125 Gollihar) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 1:53pm. The search warrant was in reference to a gambling investigation conducted by the Corpus Christi Police Department. The search warrant was executed during business hours and several patrons were contacted.
Eight 8-liner machines and $6,733 in cash were seized. The owner and manager were detained at the scene. Both face charges of Keeping a Gambling Place, Gambling Promotion, and Possession of Gambling Paraphernalia. All of the charges are a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.
The Corpus Christi Police Narcotics/Vice Investigations Division conducted a “Jane Sting” on Friday, February 28, 2014 from 4:30pm to 9:15pm in the Northwest part of the city. The sting was in conjunction with the Red Cord Diversion Program. There were six arrests and all six arrested persons were signed up to participate in Red Cord program. The arrested are as follows:
1 – Macias, Maria 12/10/57 Prostitution 1402280069
The Corpus Christi Police Department partnered with the Coastal Bend WELLNESS Foundation, C2 Counseling, I Am Blue Nation, Men’s and Women’s Health Clinic, Metro Ministries, the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office, Nueces County Health Department, the Rock City Church, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to form the Red Cord program in an effort to offer an opportunity to exit a destructive lifestyle. These agencies provide service which range from Advocacy, Case Reviews, Child Welfare Checks, Clothing, Counseling, Drug Treatment, Food, Sexual Health Education, Short Term Housing, and STD Screening.
The Corpus Christi Police Department made arrests for prostitution and the violator’s criminal history was reviewed by an assistant District Attorney to determine if the violator was eligible for the program. The education program was offered to the violator once they were determined to be eligible and all six persons arrested Friday night volunteered for the diversion program rather than have criminal charges immediately applied.
Date: January 23, 2014, 10:45pm Location: 1458 19th Street
Offense: Search Warrant Case Number: 1401230155
Juan Jesus Chapa
Joshua Stewart
Jaime Jesus Garcia
On Thursday, January 23, 2014 at approximately 10:45pm Narcotics Vice Investigation Division Officers along with the assistance of “K” Shift Patrol Officers conducted an operation in regards to a drug house located at 1458 19th St.
The 19th Street residence had been the target of an ongoing narcotics investigation. NVID officers had the residence under surveillance as they prepared to serve a search and arrest warrant when a wanted individual named Jamie Jesus Garcia (10/02/80) left the residence.
Garcia was pulled over and the traffic stop resulted in the recovery of approximately one ounce of powder cocaine. Garcia and his passenger Joshua Stewart (08/11/85) were both subsequently arrested. They were both charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.
At approximately 10:57pm, NVID officers served a search warrant at 1458 19th St. Officers seized 5.71 ounces of powder Cocaine, 1.98 ounces of Crack Cocaine and seven dosage units (2 grams) of MDMA (Ecstasy). The drugs have a total street value of $10,845. Officers additionally seized a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban.
Juan Jesus Chapa (04/07/82) was also arrested and charged with Manufacturing/Delivery of a Controlled Substance. All three men were booked at the City Detention Center.
Floyd Simpson, Corpus Christi Chief of Police (2nd from left) receives the 2013 Outstanding Investigative Effort Award. Also pictured is Captain David Cook (3rd from left), Supervisor of the Narcotics/Vice Division.The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Program (HIDTA) is a grant based program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy designed to bring local, state and federal law enforcement agencies together into cooperative, collaborative drug task forces with the goal of targeting Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) at the source of these illicit drug networks.
The Houston HIDTA is one of more than 30 HIDTAs around the country, and its focus is on the Texas coastal region. The Houston HIDTA operates 8 Enforcement Initiatives and 3 Intelligence Initiatives in this region. One of the Enforcement Initiatives in the Houston HIDTA is the Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative (TCCI). TCCI is a multi-agency task force with an area of responsibility encompassing 17 South Texas coastal counties that include: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval, Goliad, Jackson, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria. The TCCI continues to focus investigative efforts on sophisticated DTOs responsible for the importation and distribution of vast quantities of drugs from Mexico into the United States. Due to a combination of geographic, demographic, and economic factors, the porosity of the Texas/Mexico border continues to allow a constant flow of drugs into Texas with destinations throughout the United States and Canada. Geographic proximity to Mexico, maritime and highway transportation infrastructure, and international trade continue to contribute to the use of South Texas as a major transshipment corridor and staging/distribution depot for drugs arriving from Mexico.
On Thursday, January 16, 2014, Mike Gotlieb, National Director of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking attended the January Houston HIDTA Executive Board meeting, and presented representatives of the TCCI with the 2013 Outstanding Investigative Effort Award. The 2013 accomplishments noted by Director Gotlieb include:
The TCCI generated 397 new cases, made 467 arrests, indicted an additional 176 drug traffickers subsequent to further investigation and passed 387 leads to other Law Enforcement agencies and HIDTAs. TCCI seized approximately 71,503 Kilograms (Kg) of marijuana, 497 Kg of cocaine, 172 Kg of methamphetamine, 32 Kg of Heroin, and 96 Kg of Ice. The approximate street value of the drugs seized and removed from the flow of narcotics distribution and trafficking is in excess of $104,844,481. In addition, the TCCI seized approximately $6,000,000 in U.S. currency, real property, vehicles, weapons and ammunition. Through the TCCI’s interdiction efforts, 13 drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) were identified, 11 cases were approved as Priority Targets Organizations and 2 cases were developed into and approved as OCDEFT investigations. As a result of these efforts, the TCCI disrupted or dismantled 20 DTOs in 2013, 18 of which were operating on an International scale. Current intelligence research and sharing amongst TCCI AOR agencies are developing possible new strategies to identify persons, assets and locations for future interdiction efforts.
Director Gotlieb also presented the Houston HIDTA with the National HIDTA of the Year award, and the Houston HIDTA IT Manager David Henry was presented with the award for Outstanding Effort in Information Technology.
Operation Nice Guys: This was a multi-agency PTO investigation targeting members of a synthetic cannabinoids DTO. This DTO distributed approximately 28 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids per month from a large auto sales company and two head shops owned by members of this organization in the TCCI AOR. This DTO laundered approximately $15,000 in illicit drug proceeds per month for several years through a car dealership and used a co-conspirator to structure approximately $700,000.00 of these proceeds to pay for suspects’ real and personal properties. Investigators in this case employed several tools and techniques to include pole cameras, undercover purchases of narcotics, photo surveillance and interviews. On May 31, 2013, the members of the TCCI along with agents and officers from their parent agencies conducted 6 search warrants, resulting in the dismantlement of the synthetic cannabinoids distribution organization. This 18-month Priority Target Organization investigation resulted in the arrest of five individuals and the seizure of five kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids. Also seized were $463,827.00 in U.S. currency, personal property (vehicles) valued at $393,628.00 and real property valued at $1.26 million.
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.
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.
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