The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 884 calls for service and generated 256 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. May 4 to 7:00 a.m. on May 5, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 5/4/2016    1:05 PM
Location: 5100 Merganser Drive
Offense: Auto Theft
P.C.  31.07      State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1605040069
A 21 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after he went for a jog around Middlecoff Park and returned to find his vehicle had been stolen.

The male victim told Officers that he went to the park for a run and parked his 2012 Chevrolet Colorado truck along the street.   He said that he left his windows down and his keys in the vehicle only to return and find it gone about 45 minutes later.

At about 5:00 PM, Officers found the stolen truck after it had been involved in a crash with a utility pole in the 1800 block of Lexington Avenue.

The suspects fled the scene prior to police arrival.

Officers recovered the truck, however, no suspects have been identified.

Date: 5/4/2016    6:55 PM
Location: 6500 Everhart Road
Offense: Assault
P.C.  22.01      Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605040124
A 36 year old female was attacked in the parking lot of a restaurant, located at 6505 Everhart Road, by her ex-husband.

Officers arrived and found the female on the ground outside of the restaurant with several bumps and bruises.  She told Officers that she was attacked as she was walking in the parking lot by her ex-husband who had seen her as he passed by.

The ex-husband, Chad Mills (01/29/1976), left prior to police arrival, however, Officers were able to catch up to him a short time later and he was arrested for assault.

The female was treated at the scene for her injuries by CCFD EMS.

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.

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 806 calls for service and generated 180 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. May 3 to 7:00 a.m. on May 4, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 5/3/2016    9:15 PM
Location: 1700 Sunbeam Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C.  22.02      Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1605030130
Corpus Christi Police are investigating who passed by a home, located in the 1700 block of Sunbeam Drive, and fired a shot from a gun that struck the residence.

Officers arrived at the home and were told that three adults were in the living room watching television when they heard the shot.  They then saw a hole in the wall in the room they were in.

Officers checked the house and found that the bullet came through the garage door and then traveled through the living room entering the back wall across the room.

No one inside the home was injured.

At this time, no suspects have been identified.

Date: 5/3/2016    3:00 PM
Location: 5200 Interstate Highway 37
Offense: Drug Test Falsification
H.S.C.  481.133          Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605030082
A man on parole could be in trouble with the courts after he tried to falsify a drug screen test while visiting his parole officer at 5233 Interstate Highway 37.

Corpus Christi Police were called to the parole office after an officer noticed a foreign substance in the urine specimen of a man who was there checking in.  When the parole officer questioned the man about the substance in the specimen sample, he said it was not his and he had got the urine from some guy on the street. The man then hid the fake specimen in a travel size shampoo bottle in his pants and then used it when the parole officer requested he provide a specimen of his for drug screening.

Police took the man’s name and they will forward the information provided by the parole officer to the courts to see if any charges will be filed.

Date: 5/3/2016    4:35 PM
Location: 5400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Auto Theft
P.C.  31.07      State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1605030101
Corpus Christi Police arrested a man after he stole a vehicle and then crashed it trying to evade Officers at the intersection of South Staples Street and South Padre Island Drive.

Officers received a call from the Port Police Department that they were taking a report of a stolen truck from a convenience store located at 1141 Cantwell Street. The Port Police Officer was told that the victim’s 2004 Ford F250 truck was being tracked by On Star.  Corpus Christi Police were notified that On Star had tracked the truck to the area of 4600 South Staples Street. An Officer arrived and found the truck, still occupied, near the intersection of South Padre Island Drive.

When the suspect driving the truck saw the Officer he attempted to speed off, crashing into a 2015 Ford Mustang driven by a 16 year old man. The suspect then fled the truck on foot, leaving it in gear, and rolling without anyone inside.  The stolen truck, which was driver-less now, then collided with a Corpus Christi Police car.

After a short foot pursuit, Officers were able to arrest the suspect Esteban Deases Jr. (02/27/1977). He did suffer a broken shoulder as a result of the crash.  Officers took him to Spohn Memorial Hospital to be treated before he was taken to the City Detention Center.

No one else was injured in the crash.

Date: 5/2/2016    10:55 PM
Location: 3800 Interstate Highway 69
Offense: Forgery
P.C.  32.21      Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1605020052
Corpus Christi Police were called to a store, located at 3829 Interstate Highway 69, after employees at the business found a counterfeit bill.

Officers arrived at the store and were told that a clerk had accepted the fake $100 bill during a transaction last week.  Store management was notified of the bill today after they gave it to a customer who noticed it was counterfeit and returned it to the store.   The store then called police.

Store management said the clerk, who did not have a counterfeit money pen, accepted the fake bill from a Hispanic female with red hair, who was last seen wearing a green shirt with a pink jacket.

At this time that female had not been located.

The fake money was recovered as evidence by Officers.

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.

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 872 calls for service and generated 204 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. May 2 to 7:00 a.m. on May 3, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 5/2/2016    8:00 PM
Location: 2600 Arthur Street
Offense: Injury to a Disabled Person
P.C.  22.04      Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1605020130
A father was arrested by Corpus Christi Police after he hit his 38 year old disabled son in the face with his fist several times, causing an injury.

Officers arrived at the family’s home, located in the 2600 block of Arthur Street, and were told by the son that he was in his room when his father came in asking where some yard equipment was.  When the son told him that he did not know, the father hit him in the face several times with his fist.

Officers observed the son to have a large cut over his left eye and CCFD EMS were called to treat his injury.

Officers located the father, Juan Gerardo Deleon (12/19/1954), inside the house and he was arrested for assaulting and injuring a disabled person.

Date: 5/2/2016    12:50 PM
Location: 5600 Saratoga Boulevard
Offense: Theft
P.C.  31.03      Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605020066
Corpus Christi Police arrested a female after she attempted to steal nearly $900 worth of merchandise from a department store located at 5626 Saratoga Boulevard.

Officers arrived at the store and were told that an employee had seen the female go into a fitting room with several articles of clothing.  When she came out, the employee did not see any of the clothes.  The employee stopped the female after she walked out of the store without paying.

Officers found over $876 worth of stolen clothing in a stroller the female had, and more stolen merchandise in her purse.

Officers arrested, Eilen Puentes-Villafana (01/18/1982), for theft.

Date: 5/3/2016    2:10 AM
Location: 4300 Kostoryz Road
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C.  49.04      Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605030015
Corpus Christi Police arrested the driver of a vehicle for DWI and his passenger for possession of a controlled substance after a traffic stop in the 4300 block of Kostoryz Road.

Officers stopped the 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer after they saw it driving down the middle of the street, and not in a single lane of traffic.  After an investigation the driver, Bryan Jones (01/28/1980), was determined to be intoxicated and arrested.

As Officers began to prepare the vehicle to be impounded, they found a transparent plastic bag near the passenger front seat which contained a substance that looked like a chocolate brownie, but it had the smell of marijuana.

Officers determined that the brownie did have marijuana in it, and the front seat passenger, Adam Diamond (05/13/1981), was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony

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.

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 799 calls for service and generated 179 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. May 1 to 7:00 a.m. on May 2, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: 5/2/2016    12:10 AM
Location: 310 Morgan Avenue
Offense: Murder
P.C.  19.02      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1605020002
Corpus Christi Police Homicide Detectives are looking into a dispute that led to a shooting in the parking lot of a nightclub located at 3149 Morgan Avenue.  

Officers arrived at the scene and found a 31 year old female with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head.  The female was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS were she was later pronounced dead.

Witnesses at and around the bar described a disturbance prior to and after the shooting and several persons of interest have been identified.   No arrests have been made at the time of this report.

Detectives continue to investigate this crime.

Date: 5/1/2016    5:45 PM
Location: 1600 Morgan Avenue
Offense: Indecent Exposer
P.C.  21.08      Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605010108
A female was arrested by Corpus Christi Police after she stripped off all her clothes and began running down the 1600 block of Morgan Avenue toward the Crosstown Freeway.

Several passing motorist called police and when Officers arrived, they found that several citizens had helped stop the female and had got her a blanket to cover herself.

Officers had been looking for the female for an hour after several other motorist called to report a nude female walking along the street.  They were not able to find her until the citizens got her to sit down.

Officers located the females clothing at a bus bench at the corner of Brownlee Boulevard and Morgan Avenue. The female, Holly Bishop (10/28/1965) was arrested for indecent exposure.

Date: 5/1/2016    3:25 PM
Location: 14900 Northwest Boulevard
Offense: Auto Theft
P.C.  31.07      State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1605010089
A 32 year old man, who left his Suburban engine running, while he went into a convenience store, located at 14901 Northwest Boulevard, had it stolen while he was inside.

The man called Corpus Christi Police and told them that when he pulled into the parking lot, he saw a man with no shirt on walking around the store.   The man then went inside and left his 2015 Chevrolet Suburban running with the keys in the ignition.  While talking to the store clerk, he saw the shirtless man get into his vehicle and drive away.

The man was able to give Officers a location of his vehicle when he called OnStar to report the car stolen.  On Star told Officers that the vehicle had been driven outside the city limits of Corpus Christi.

Officers contacted the Nueces County Sheriff Department for assistance, since the vehicle was reported to be on County Road 73 near the Nueces River.   Deputies arrived and did locate the Suburban.  They were also able to arrest the man who had stolen the vehicle, Stephen Sims (05/21/1978).

Date: 5/1/2016   11:15 PM
Location: 5900 Weber Road
Offense: Assault
P.C.  22.01      Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1605010150
A man was arrested by Corpus Christi Police after he fired a gun inside the apartment he shared with his wife, located at 5901 Weber Road, and then threatened two neighbors who confronted him about it.

Officers arrived and were told by a 28 year old female, that she and her husband and got into an argument, and when she attempted to call police he took the phone away from her and broke it.

He then went into the bedroom and got out a handgun and fired it into the ceiling of their bedroom. This caused the female to run out of the apartment in fear for her safety.

When the husband walked out of the apartment, he was confronted by his neighbor about the gunfire.  The husband made verbal threats to harm the 26 year old male neighbor.

As the husband began to walk away, he was confronted a second time by another resident of the apartment complex.  That 57 year old man was also threatened by the husband.

Other Officers responding to the call located the husband, Barry Barnett (10/31/1982), walking on Weber Road near O’Day Street.   He was arrested for assault, discharging a firearm, interfering with an emergency call, terroristic threats, and he had an outstanding warrant for his arrests.

Neither the female nor the other residents were injured by the suspect.

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.