Patrol Report 07/12/2016

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 1095 calls for service and generated 270 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. July 12 to 7:00 a.m. on July 13, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

                     

Date: 07/12/2016    1:15 AM
Location: 4500 Ayers Street
Offense: Theft of a Firearm
P.C.  31.03      State Jail Felony

Case Number: 1607120011
A littering offense led Corpus Christi Police to the recovery of a stolen firearm, synthetic drugs, and a wanted person.

Officers were patrolling the area of Ayers Street and Gollihar Road when they observed the front seat passenger in a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer throw trash out the window.  When the Officers stopped the vehicle, with four males inside, they found that the driver did not have a driver’s license and he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for contempt of court.

Once the driver, Nathealle Jones (11/15/1997), was arrested, they also found a small black container that had 21 mini zip bags that had synthetic cannabis inside. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class B misdemeanor.  There was no bond amount on the arrest warrant.

The front seat passenger who threw the trash out, Modesto Sosa (09/30/1991), was detained in the back of a police unit during the investigation.  When Officers got him out of the back seat of the patrol car, they found he had attempted to hide several bags of synthetic cannabis between the seats.  He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a Class B misdemeanor and additionally charged with tampering with evidence, a third degree felony.

One of the back seat passengers, Jeremy Cuellar (02/13/1998), also had two bags of synthetic cannabis in his front left pant pocket and he was arrested.  Under his seat, Officers found a .380 caliber handgun that had been stolen during an auto burglary on July 8.  He was additionally charged with unlawful carrying of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor and possession of a stolen firearm, a state jail felony.

The other back seat passenger, a 22 year-old male, was released at the scene.

 

Date: 07/11/2016    7:35 PM
Location: 5400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Felony Theft
P.C.  31.03      State Jail Felony

Case Number: 1607110200
Corpus Christi Police arrested a female after she attempted to hide a couple of thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise in a baby carriage when she left the JC Penny, located at 5488 South Padre Island Drive.

Employees at the store told Officers that they saw the female putting merchandise in a mesh bag.  They then saw her push her baby stroller into one of the fitting rooms.

When the female exited the fitting room, she placed the now empty mesh bag on a shirt display table outside.  The female was then seen pushing the baby stroller toward the mall entrance and she exited the store without paying for anything.

Inside the stroller Officers found over $2,580 worth a merchandise.

The female, Priscilla Alvarez (10/04/1983), was arrested for felony theft.

 

 

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 886-2840. 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.

Couple steals items from lowe’s

Date: 07/10/2016    6:26 PM
Location: 1530 Airline
Offense: Theft (31.03) B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1607010084

Corpus Christi Police Detectives need your help identifying this male and female who took some tools from Lowe’s without paying. The couple was seen walking through the store and placing items in their basket. They went to the counter to pay and this is when the male suspect distracted the employee. The female suspect bypassed the counter with the items in the basket and left the store.

Anyone who knows any additional information about this crime should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600. Information about this  crime 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.

 

Police Need your Help Identifying These Theft suspects

Date: 07/10/2016    8:40 PM
Location: 4109 S. Staples Street
Offense: Theft (31.03 BM) Criminal Mischief (28.03 BM)
Case Number: 1607110133

Corpus Christi Police Department detectives need your help identifying these two theft suspects. The two suspects were observed on surveillance cameras entering Wal Mart. They were then seen prying open a cash register and taking a undisclosed amount of money. The suspects were then seen on camera exiting the store.

Anyone who knows any additional information about this crime should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600. Information about this  crime 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.

Murder Suspect Arrested in Fort Bend County

Corpus Christi Police Detectives and Gang Unit worked with various Law Enforcement agencies in tracking down and arresting the suspect from the city’s latest homicide.

Officers arrested 27 year old Joseph Deark Cancino (07-25-1988) for the murder that occurred at the Office Club in the 2400 block of Rand Morgan. Joseph was located and arrested in Fort Bend County. His bond has been set at $250,000. This was an excellent coordinated effort in getting a dangerous individual off the street.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

Patrol Report 07/11/2016

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 780 calls for service and generated 205 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. July 10 to 7:00 a.m. on July 11, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

                     

Date: 07/10/2016    11:55 PM
Location: 3400 Bollinger Street
Offense: Impersonate a Public Servant
P.C.  37.11      Third Degree Felony

Case Number: 1607110002
Corpus Christi Police arrested a man after he stopped a female driver and impersonated a police officer in the 3400 block of Bollinger Street.

A 22 year old female told Officers that she was driving home and was followed by a man driving a 2001 black Ford Mustang.   When she stopped in front of her home a male got out of the Ford and approached her car door telling her that she needed to get out of the vehicle.

The male was wearing a jacket that had police shoulder patches displayed on it. The man told the female he was an Officer but he did not display any identification. When the female’s boyfriend came outside to see what was going on, the male got back into his vehicle and sped off.

After the female gave Officers a good description and the license plate number of the Ford, they were able to locate the male at his home in the 2000 block of Harriett Drive.

Officers arrested the suspect, Jeremy Guerrero (07/01/1998), for impersonating a public servant.

  


Date: 07/10/2016    3:30 PM
Location: 2300 Mercury Lane
Offense: Burglary
P.C.  30.02      Second Degree Felony

Case Number: 1607100091
A 39 year old man who was trying to clean his home, located in the 2300 block of Mercury Lane, after a fire became the victim of a burglary when someone came in the damaged house and stole a television.

The man told Officers that the house, that had extensive fire damage to one half of it, had burned a few days ago. He said he was cleaning up some of the mess the night before and when he returned in the morning he discovered that someone had stolen his 65 inch Toshiba television that was valued at nearly $1,400.

Officers could not determine how the suspects made entry into the home.

 

Date: 07/11/2016    12:25 AM
Location: 6600 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C.  49.04      Class B Misdemeanor

Case Number: 1607110006
Corpus Christi Police arrested a male driver for DWI after he crashed the vehicle he was driving into the rear of another car in the 6600 block of South Padre Island Drive.

The crash investigation revealed that the driver of a 1991 Toyota sedan was traveling east along South Padre Island Drive when he could not stop in time and crashed into the rear of a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu.

No one in either car was injured.

After an investigation, Officers determined that the driver of the Toyota, Timothy Ramirez (09/14/1989), was intoxicated. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated and his car 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 886-2840. 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.

Murder suspect wanted from shooting at 2400 Rand Morgan

Date: 07/10/2016    1:41 AM
Location: 2400 Rand Morgan
Offense: Murder
P.C.  19.02      First Degree Felony

Case Number: 1607100014

Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to the 2400 block of Rand Morgan for a fight to occur at a bar. As officers were en route to the bar, the call was updated to a shooting. Officers arrived and found a 36 year old male deceased from possible gunshot wounds. The suspect(s) fled the scene before officers arrived.

CCPD Detectives and Crime Scene technicians arrived and are processing the scene. Witnesses were transported to the main police station to be interviewed. The investigation is in the early stages and is ongoing.

Anyone who knows any additional information about this crime should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600. Information about this crime 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.

Crime Stoppers has a cash reward for the first person to find this Fugitive and call 888-TIPS

Noe Hurtado (8/12/1973) is wanted in Nueces County for theft.
Noe Hurtado (8/12/1973) is wanted in Nueces County for theft.

Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers has a cash reward for the first person to find Noe Hurtado and call 888-TIPS.

Noe Hurtado is a fugitive and wanted in Nueces County for felony theft. Hurtado is described as a 42-year-old white male who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes, and has a dragon tattooed on his chest.

If you can help law enforcement locate Hurtado, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is confidential and there is a cash reward available if it leads to an arrest.

Police Conduct Narcotics Enforcement At Leopard Street Motel

Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016, 12:01
Location: 4300 Leopard Street
Offense: Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1, first degree felony
Case Number: 1607070062

The Corpus Christi Police Department Narcotics / Vice Investigations Division served a search and arrest warrant at room #151 at the La Siesta Motel at 4300 Leopard at noon yesterday.  Investigators located over 80 grams of crack cocaine,  182 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, 11.5 grams of Xanax, 4.09 grams of ecstasy pills, a Taurus .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and $1919.00 in cash. 

investigators siezed over 80 grams of crack cocaine,  182 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, 11.5 grams of Xanax, 4.09 grams of ecstacy pills, a Taurus .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and $1919.00 in cash.
investigators seized over 80 grams of crack cocaine, 182 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, 11.5 grams of Xanax, 4.09 grams of Ecstasy pills, a Taurus .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and $1919.00 in cash.

     Investigators arrested Shawn Lloyd Lawson (11-27-89) and Linda Booker (3-24-91), both charged with first degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1, first degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2A, second degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2, and misdemeanor Possession of Dangerous Drugs. 

 This action is part of part of a lengthy and currently ongoing investigation into the sales of drugs in the Leopard Street corridor.

 

Patrol Report 07/08/2016

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 1051 calls for service and generated 253  reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. July 7 to 7:00 a.m. on July 8, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

                     

Date: 07/08/2016    1:05 AM
Location: 1800 Baldwin Boulevard
Offense: Intoxicated Manslaughter
P.C.  49.08      Second Degree Felony

Case Number: 1607080008
Corpus Christi Police arrested a man for intoxicated manslaughter after he crashed his vehicle into a utility pole injuring his girlfriend and killing her unborn child.

The crash investigation determined that the driver of a 2008 Nissan Sentra was traveling on Baldwin Boulevard near Riggan Street when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a utility pole.  Also in the vehicle was his 16 year old pregnant girlfriend.  She was injured in the crash and transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS.

Hospital staff told Officers that the female appeared to be 35 weeks pregnant and the unborn child did not show any signs of life.

After an investigation, Officers determined that the driver of the Nissan, Michael Lee (09/11/1998), was intoxicated.  He was arrested for intoxicated manslaughter.

 

Date: 07/07/2016    11:20 PM
Location: 3400 Brawner Parkway
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C.  22.02      Second Degree Felony

Case Number: 1607080001
Corpus Christi Police arrested a male after he made threats to another man while armed with a knife.

A 48 year old male victim told Officers that he was sleeping outside of his home, located in the 3400 block of Brawner Parkway, because his electricity was out. The victim said that he was awoken by a man, armed with a knife, yelling at him.

The victim was able to run inside his home before he was injured.

Officer located the suspect, Willie Hernandez (09/23/1998), and they arrested him for aggravated assault.  Officers also located the knife they believe the suspect used to threaten the victim.

 

Date: 07/08/2016    12:50 AM
Location: 4900 Dusty Dawn Road
Offense: Minor in Possession of Alcohol
A.B.C.  106.04   Class C Misdemeanor

Case Number: 1607080009
Corpus Christi Police issued 51 minor in possession of alcohol citations, 34 minor consuming alcohol citations, 17 inducing curfew violations after breaking up a loud party at a home in the 4900 block of Dusty Dawn Road.

Officers arrived after complaints of juveniles drinking and being loud were made by neighbors. Officers found nearly 150 people inside the home with alcohol and marijuana present. Most of the people inside were under the age of 17.

After issuing all of the citations, parents of the juveniles were contacted to pick up their children.

Two men that lived at the home, James Recio (08/24/1998), and Micheal Thomas Recio (06/05/1999), were arrested for inducing curfew, possession of marijuana, unlawful restraint, and selling alcohol without a permit.

 

 

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 886-2840. 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.

Missing Person Carina Castellanos Found Murdered. Suspect Arrested

Date: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Location: 1000 block of Herndon Street
Event: Missing Person
Case Number: 1606300177

On July 6, 2016, Corpus Christi Police Department Family Violence Detectives obtained a warrant for the arrest of Nigel Green (2/23/86).  The warrants were obtained for Aggravated Assault (Family Violence) where Carina Castellanos was the victim.  The Aggravated Assault had occurred in the 1000 blk of Herndon on June 10, 2016. 

The United States Marshal’s Violent Offender Task Force, out of San Antonio, located and arrested Nigel Green on July 7, 2016.  CCPD Robbery/Homicide Detectives, who were handling the missing person report regarding Carina, went to San Antonio and transported Nigel back to Corpus Christi.  During the interview with Detectives, Nigel confessed to murdering Carina Castellanos.  Nigel Green then led Detectives to a corn field along Interstate 37 and Highway 359 in Mathis, Texas.  In a ditch, bordering the corn field, Detectives found the remains of what we believe is the body of Carina Castellanos.   

Nigel Green was arrested for the Aggravated Assault (Family Violence) warrants and Murder. 

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