Category Archives: Patrol Division

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report August 1, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 210 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight July 31 to 7:30 a.m. August 1, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“Adam” District

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 22:22
Location: 4100 Greenwood Drive
Offense: Unlawful Possession of a Firearm By a Felon (Penal Code Section 46.04) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1407310173
A Corpus Christi Police Officer conducted a traffic stop at the 4100 block of Greenwood Drive at 10:20pm Thursday night when she observed a gold 2006 Ford Fusion drive without the headlights illuminated. The Officer discovered the car was operated by a 31-year-old man and had a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy as passengers. The Officer discovered possible synthetic narcotics, a pistol and brass knuckles in the vehicle. The Officer arrested 31-year-old Jose Esquivel (5/17/1983) for unlawful possession of a firearm and for possession of a prohibited weapon (the brass knuckles). The Officer then took the 16-year-old and the 15-year-old boys into custody for unlawful carrying of a weapon and for possession of a prohibited weapon. The Officer impounded the car and delivered Esquivel to the city detention center. The Officer also delivered the two boys to the Nueces County Juvenile Detention Center. The possible synthetic narcotics were placed into evidence for testing.

“Bravo” District

Date: Friday, August 1, 2014, 00:36
Location: 5800 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1408010005
Corpus Christi Police arrested a 19-year-old woman for driving while intoxicated after she crashed her car into a pole in front of a seafood restaurant located at 5825 South Padre Island Drive Friday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash at 12:36am and found a silver 2004 Honda Accord had left the road and struck a pole which held a sign to the restaurant. The Officer discovered evidence that 19-year-old Hannah Cieslik (8/5/1994) was intoxicated when drove the vehicle at the time of the crash. The Officer arrested Cieslik for Driving While Intoxicated and impounded the car. The Officer took Cieslik to the hospital for a medical evaluation and then delivered her to the city detention center.

“Charlie” District

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2014 23:15
Location: 1610 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.02) 2nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1407310184
A 16-year-old girl reported a robbery at a restaurant located at 1610 South Padre Island Drive to the Corpus Christi Police Thursday night. The 16-year-old girl explained to Officers that she worked the drive through window when a man in a car handed the 16-year-old girl a note through the window. The 16-year-old girl told Officers the note demanded all the cash in the register. The 16-year-old girl told Officers she immediately left the window area to flee any type of attack. The 16-year-old girl told Officers the man left without getting any money. Officers took the note for examination and continue to search for the suspect in this case. The 16-year-old girl described the suspect as an 18-year-old bald male with medium brown skin.

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 23:30
Location: Carroll Lane at Cresthill Drive
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1407310182
A 22-year-old man reported an aggravated robbery at Carroll Lane at Cresthill Drive to Corpus Christi Police Thursday night. The 22-year-old man told Officers he ran south on Carroll Lane and passed a man who asked for the time. The 22-year-old man told Officers he, the 22-year-old man, pulled out his phone to check the time and the other man grabbed the phone in an attempt to steal the phone. The 22-year-old man told Officers he struggled with the unknown man for the phone and the unknown man displayed a knife and stabbed the 22-year-old man in the leg. The 22-year-old man told Officers the unknown man ran away without gaining anything of value. Officers continue to search for the unknown man. The 22-year-old man described the suspect as a male with medium brown colored skin, with a shaved head, mustache, and a tattoo on the left side of his face near the eye.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Police Assist U.S. Marshal’s Office to Apprehend Fugitive

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 10:28
Location: 5000 Alameda Street
Offense: Warrant of Arrest (Code of Criminal Procedure Section 15.01)
Case Number: 1407310068

The Corpus Christi Police Department assisted the United States Marshal’s Service to apprehend a fugitive on the 5000 block of Alameda Street Thursday morning. The U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Fugitive and Violent Offenders Task Force saw 36-year-old John Douglas Houston (2/15/1978) in a vehicle at 10:28am and knew Houston was a fugitive and likely to evade arrest. The Marshal’s requested assistance from the Corpus Christi Police Department. Houston stopped the vehicle and ran from the vehicle on foot. A passenger also ran from the vehicle in another direction. Houston was captured and the Marshal’s Service processed Houston as a fugitive. The second person who ran was not apprehended. Houston was delivered to the city detention center.

Bravo District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report July 29, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 284 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight July 28 to 7:00 a.m. on .July 29, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 07/28/2014 1:05 PM
Location: 6500 Ponil Creek Drive
Offense: Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407280105
A clerk at a convenience store located at Cimarron St. and Yorktown Rd. contacted Corpus Christi Police concerning a male with no shirt on who had come into the store with a large wrench claiming that he had been assaulted. The male who appeared to be under the influence of a drug was also refusing to leave the store. Officers arrived and contacted suspect, Johnathan Cardwell (03/11/1987). While speaking to the suspect, officers became aware of another disturbance that the suspect had been involved in at another location. Officers went to a home in the 6500 block of Ponil Creek and there they met with two males that worked with the suspect. According to them, they were having a meeting and one of the males got into an argument with the suspect. The male stepped outside of the house and the suspect took the large wrench and struck the male in the back of his left shoulder and ran off. The suspect was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony. CCFD EMS responded and treated the victim at the scene for injuries to his back and shoulder.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/28/2014 8:45 PM
Location: 200 South Alameda Street
Offense: Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407280171
A 60 year old male victim reported to Corpus Christi Police that he was walking in the 200 block of S. Alameda St. when a Hispanic male ran up to him yelling and struck him in the back of the head twice with a square shaped rock, possibly a cinder block. The victim told police that he was attacked because he was white. The victim was transported to the hospital by CCFD EMS to be treated for his head injuries. A little while later, officers were called to a business located in the 300 block of N. Staples St. for a male beating on the side of the building. The description matched the one of the suspect that had just assaulted the victim with the rock. Officers arrived and located, John Villalpando (12/05/1964) and identified him as the earlier assailant and he was arrested for aggravated assault, a second degree felony.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/28/2014 7:55 PM
Location: 3800 Argus Court
Offense: Retaliation (PC 36.06 Third Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407280168
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to an apartment located in the 3800 block of Argus Court for a male suspect breaking windows. Officers were told by a 21 year old female that an ex-boyfriend, had showed up at her home and started breaking windows because she had filed assault charges on him earlier that day. The suspect fled prior to police arrival. As officers were speaking to the female the suspect called her and officers heard him make threats to harm the female and even said he would come over after the officers left. The officers then drove around the apartment complex trying to locate the suspect and found him. When the suspect saw the officers, he ran and was seen going into the back door of an apartment located in the 3700 block of Itaska Court. A 29 year old female came out the door and said that she did not know the suspect and that she had children still in the house. Officers entered the apartment and observed the suspect running up the stairs. The suspect was seen jumping out the side window and started running again towards Port Ave. Officers were able to catch up to Roland Rodela (01/19/1981), and he was charged with criminal mischief for breaking the glass windows, criminal trespass, for entering the apartment on Itaska Court, evading arrest for running on foot from the officers. He was also charged with retaliation, a third degree felony for the threating the female who had reported him in the earlier assault

 

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report July 28, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 214 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight July 27 to 7:00 a.m. on .July 28, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 07/27/2014 9:15 PM
Location: 1600 Daly Drive
Offense: Assault (PC 22.01 Third Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407270155
A 23 year old female called Corpus Christi Police Officers and said that she and her boyfriend had gotten into an argument about him going to the beach. During the argument the male  told the female to leave the apartment they shared and she refused. The disturbance became physical when the male grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down on the bed and started to choke her. The victim told officers her four year old son was standing next to the bed and started crying. The male then grabbed the little boy by the throat and threw him against the wall. The male then began to punch the female in the face with his fist until he was distracted by his father who lives in the front house. He came out to see what was going on and the female was able to escape and call police. Both the female and her son were transported to the hospital by CCFD EMS for treatment. Police located Mel Pena (07/20/1991) who was still at the apartment when they arrived. He was charged with Assault, and Injury to a Child, both third degree felonies.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 07/27/2014 11:00 PM
Location: Carroll Lane and Holly Road
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (PC 49.04 Class B Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1407270170
Corpus Christi Police Officers were dispatched to a traffic accident at the intersection of Carroll Ln and Holly Rd involving a single vehicle that had struck a light pole. Officers found a silver 2012 Toyota Camry backing up from the pole attempting to leave. Officers contacted the driver Amanda Knight (09/15/1985) and found her to be intoxicated. While conducting an inventory of her vehicle, officers found a grinder which contained marijuana residue and underneath the front driver seat a cigar wrapper which contained a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. Officers charged her with driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 07/28/2014 2:20 AM
Location: 5100 Oakhurst Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407280014
Two men and a female were walking to their hotel room when they were confronted by two male suspects and the two men were assaulted. The 21 year old males said that they passed two males in the stairwell, one suspect described as a Hispanic male in his early twenties about 5’8″ tall and a black male also in his twenties about 6’0″ tall. The suspects confronted the victims with a handgun, and pistol whipped  both male victims and also stabbed one of the victims in the back. Both suspects then fled the scene, and one of the male victims ran to another hotel in the area to call police. Officers found the handgun which was collected and the two male victims were both transported to the hospital by CCFD EMS and are expected to recover.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 07/27/2014 3:30 PM
Location: 3100 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault (PC 22.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407270107
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to fight in progress in the parking lot of a business located in the 3100 block of S. Padre Island Drive. A 22 year old female and her parents went to meet her ex-boyfriend and his parents so the female could give back the male’s clothing because they had split up. The ex-boyfriend approached the females’ father with his hands in his pockets causing him to exit his vehicle. When he asked the male to take his hands out of his pockets, he refused and the father felt threatened and hit the ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend pulled out a pair of brass knuckles and the girlfriends’ father pulled out a knife. The girlfriend exited the vehicle and hit her ex-boyfriend in the arm with a cane. The girlfriends mother then got involved and took out a knife and began to take stabs at the ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend sustained minor injuries to his arm and back. Mark San Miguel (11/27/1990), the ex-boyfriend was arrested for having a prohibited weapon, a Class A misdemeanor. The girlfriend, Jolene Lopez (02/24/1992) was arrest for assault, a class A misdemeanor for hitting the male with a cane. The girlfriends father was released since it appeared he was defending himself, however her mother Ruby Jean Lopez (05/04/1967), was arrested for aggravated assault, and she was also found to have unmarked prescription pills in her possession and she was charged with dangerous drugs, a Class A misdemeanor.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/27/2014 7:00 PM
Location: 2000 Ayers Street
Offense: Child Left In Vehicle
Case Number: 1407270137
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a business located in the 2000 block of Ayers St for a 6 month old male and 2 year old female locked inside of a vehicle. When officers arrived they found an adult male and a female standing outside of a 2011 Dodge truck and found both kids locked inside the truck sweating profusely. The truck was not running and all the windows were rolled up and the parents told officers they had been in the truck about 10 to 15 minutes. Officers were able to break the front passenger window and get the kids out. CCFD EMS responded and treated the children at the scene. The parents said that they had the children inside of the truck while they were loading up laundry when the oldest began pushing buttons and accidently locked the truck with the keys inside.

 

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Female Swipes Cell Phone

Date: 07/17/2014 3:22 PM
Location: 4500 Kostoryz Road
Offense: Theft (PC 31.03 Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1407170093

Corpus Christi Police Detectives need your help identifying a cell phone thief. Officers took a report for a stolen cell phone from a woman when she placed her phone on the counter at a business located at 4531 Kostroyz Rd. and another female took it. Store security cameras show the female suspect picking up the cell phone from the top of the counter next to the cash register and walking away. In the video it appears that the female suspect concealed said cell phone in her shirt. The suspect then is seen walking out of the store and left in the silver vehicle shown in the photos. The suspect is described as a black female, 20 to 25 years old, and 5’5” to 5’7” tall, about 240 to 260 pounds. She was wearing a white blouse and grey pants with sunglasses hanging off the neck. In one photo she is seen pushing a baby stroller. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2841. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives 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.

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Suspect pushing baby stroller

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Suspect leaving in silver vehicle

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Suspect grabbing cell phone off the counter

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

More Masked Men Doing More Bad Things

“Adam” District
Date: 07/22/2014 12:50 AM
Location: 11900 Leopard Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (PC 29.03 First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407220011
A 28 year old female clerk called police after two males entered the Stripes Store located at 11901 Leopard Street, one wearing a dark jacket, a ski mask and armed with a handgun, and demanding money. The other male jumped over the counter and removed money from the register and they both left the store on foot. The suspect armed with the weapon was described as a Hispanic male, unknown age, about 5’7” to 5’10”, 140 to 160 pounds, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants. The suspect who jumped the counter and grabbed the money is described as a white male unknown age height or weight, last seen wearing a black shirt with white writing on it, khaki shorts and a bandana. Detectives investigating this case released camera images of both suspects involved in this robbery. Anyone who can identify the individuals responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery / Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives 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.

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Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Do You Know This Masked Man?

“Adam” District
Date: 06/29/2014 4:55 AM
Location: 5600 Leopard Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (PC 29.03 First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1406290051
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a robbery of a convenience store located in the 5600 block of Leopard Street. The 52 year old store clerk told officers that she was behind the counter of the store when a male suspect, that had a  mask over his head, charged into the store with a knife in his hand. The male then walked behind the counter and opened the cash register, grabbed cash and ran out the store. The suspect was described as 5`6″ to 5`7″, stocky male in his late twenties wearing a gray long sleeve shirt, blue pants and brown work boots. Camera images showing the suspect were released by investigators. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery / Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives 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.

 

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Images of robbery suspect behind counter at store

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Images of robbery suspect behind counter at store

Bravo District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report July 24, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 219 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight July 23 to 7:00 a.m. on .July 24, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 07/23/2014 9:30 AM
Location: 14200 Encantada Avenue
Offense: Burglary of Habitation (PC 30.02 Second Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1407230046
A 41 year old female called Corpus Christi Police to report a burglary of her residence. She told officers when she woke up she found her garage door open and all the doors to her vehicle that was in her garage were also open. The victim determined not only had someone broke into her vehicle, but someone had entered her residence as well while she was asleep. Doors were open to her home and her property had been rummaged through. The female reported several items had been stolen, including a handgun. When she called to report her credit card stolen, her bank advised the card had just been used at the Walmart Store located at 1250 Flour Bluff Drive to make a large purchase. The officer went to the store to investigate and found video of the suspect making purchases with the stolen card. During the investigation the officer was able to determine the name of the suspect and a possible location of where he was staying. Officers went to a motel in the 9400 block of S. Padre Island Drive and found Jason Lee Campbell (11/22/1978) there, along with all the stolen items from the burglary on Encantada Street. The suspect was charged with burglary of a habitation, theft of a firearm and credit card abuse, both state jail felonies, and burglary of a motor vehicle, a Class A misdemeanor. The female victim was able to recover her property.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/24/2014 3:50 AM
Location: 321 John Sartain Street
Offense: Criminal Mischief (PC 28.03 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1407240022
Thomas Lackey (03/21/1970) was observed by a Corpus Christi Police Officer looking into the window of a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro that was parked in the police department parking lot located at 321 John Sartain St. The male was then seen walking to the front of the same car, and he put out his cigarette on the front hood of the car. The suspect was arrested and taken to the City Detention Center for criminal mischief. The vehicle belonged to an officer who was on duty and damage to the vehicle was estimated to be $1500.

 

“Delta” District
Date: 07/23/2014 6:20 PM
Location: 400 North Staples Street
Offense: Possession of Controlled Substance (HS 481.115 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1407230128
A Corpus Christi Police Officer on patrol observed a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze sedan traveling west on Lipan St. fail to yield right of way nearly causing a crash. The officer stopped the car in the 400 block of North Staples St. and contacted the driver Gregory Vaden (09/24/1980), and his front seat passenger Schuyler Eastwood (03/04/1976). The driver was determined to have a suspended drivers license and no liability insurance. When the officer asked the female passenger for her name, she gave a false name and date of birth. As the officer was gathering more information from his patrol car, he could see that the female was moving around and looked like she was trying to hide something near the floor of the car. He walked back up and observed the passenger lifting up her skirt attempting to hide a pink container. Inside the container were two round pills with markings in a small clear bag. A female officer arrived to assist, and she knew the female passenger from another call. She told the officer what the passengers real name and date of birth was, and it was determined that she had an outstanding arrest warrant. While the officer was impounding the car, he observed more pills and crystal methamphetamine on the floor of the passenger side. The driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license, a Class B misdemeanor. The female was charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance, fail to identify, a Class A misdemeanor and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor. The vehicle was impounded.

 

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2841. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Delta District, Patrol Division

Task Force Captures Fugitive For Attempted Homicide From Illinois

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 16:07
Location: 3600 Rojo Street
Offense: Warrant of Arrest (Code of Criminal Procedure Section 15.01)
Case Number: 1407230108

The Gulf Coast Fugitive and Violent Offenders Task Force arrested 22 Jorden Johnson (6/29/1992) on the 3600 block of Rojo Street Wednesday for an Illinois warrant for his arrest for an attempted homicide. The Officers approached Johnson and Johnson ran from the Officers. The Officers captured Johnson and delivered him to the city detention center for a parole warrant out of Illinois for aggravated battery, the warrant for his arrest for attempted homicide, and for evading arrest.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Have You Seen This Truck Or This Stolen Trailer?

“Charlie” District
Date: 07/05//2014 2:42 PM
Location: 5200 Fulwell Drive
Offense: Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle (PC 31.07 State Jail Felony)
Case Number: 1407050122
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a report of a stolen trailer at a home in the 5200 block of Fulwell Drive. A 41 year old female told officers that her black 2010 XCEL utility trailer that had an ATV and a Bar B Q pit on it was stolen out of the driveway. The female told officers that the trailer was secured with a lock. Camera images show a white four door truck dragging the trailer away leaving scrape marks on the street. The truck appears to be a Toyota Tundra. Anyone who can identify the individual responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2841. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and still provide information to Detectives 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.

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Image of a white truck pulling stolen trailer

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Image of white truck pulling stolen trailer