Police Seek Theft Suspect

Date: 3/7/2015            4:30 PM
Location: 1200 Flour Bluff Drive
Offense: Theft
P.C. 31.03        Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1503070103
Corpus Christi Police Detectives are looking for a man that pushed a shopping cart full of property out the front door of a Wal-Mart Store without paying.  This crime occurred at the Wal-Mart located at 1250 Flour Bluff Drive at about 4:30 PM on March 7.

The suspect stole nearly $250 in merchandise.  He is described as a Hispanic male, 20 to 30 years old, with a mustache.  He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a dark jacket and a gray cap.   Store surveillance cameras caught images of the suspect as he left the store.

Detectives need your help in identifying the individual in these photos.  Anyone with information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to the Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip 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 a cart out the door of Wal Mart

 

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Stabbing at Local Club

Date: March 13, 2015       10:55 P.M.
Location: 4650 Kostoryz
Offense: Aggravated Assault
Case Number: 1503130180

Corpus Christi Police responded to a walk in stabbing victim at Spohn Memorial Hospital. The 39 year old male victim had several stab wounds to the upper torso and was taken to surgery and listed in serious condition.

Witnesses advised that earlier there was a disturbance at McCaws on Weber and the victim left the scene and went to 4650 Kostoryz at the Meet Me Midway Club. Two suspects followed the victim to the club on Kostoryz. The victim and the suspects went into the parking lot where a fight started and at this point the victim was stabbed several times. The suspects then fled the scene in a white pickup truck on Kostoryz towards Gollihar.

One suspect is described as a stocky male, bald headed with a goatee and wearing a dark t-shirt. The other suspect is a thin male, with short bushy hair, possible facial hair and wearing a white t-shirt.

Anyone who knows  any information about this stabbing, should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives Should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

UPDATE:

CCPD Detectives have released pictures of the suspects involved in the stabbing at 4650 Kostoryz. Anyone who knows  the identity of these suspects, should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives Should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip 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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2 Suspects Rob Stripes Employee

Date: March 13, 2015       11:28 AM
Location: 2700 South Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
Case Number: 1503130062
Corpus Christi Police are investigating a robbery of a female carrying a bank deposit bag while she was walking in the parking lot of the Stripes Store located at 2754 South Staples Street.

The 58 year old female store employee  was walking from her car into the store when two black males approached her.  Both males assaulted her, and took the bank bag and her purse.

Both suspects were wearing dark hoodie tops that covered their heads.  One of the males wore blue jeans and the other a pair of darker pants .

After taking the purse and the money bag, the suspects fled on foot and got into a vehicle that they had parked  at a nearby pawn shop.
The vehicle was a red Lexus four door that had chrome wheels and silver window trim.  The Lexus also had a sunroof.  The suspect vehicle fled north on South Staples Street from the pawn shop.

Camera surveillance footage from the pawn shop caught images of the suspects and their vehicle.  These suspects were not captured and the police department is asking for your help identifying these two individuals.

Anyone who knows  any information about this robbery, should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives Should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip 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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Camera images of the suspect vehicle and two suspects

Patrol Report 03/13/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 219 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 12 to 7:00 a.m. on March 13, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/13/2015       12:30 AM
Location: 1900 Wallace Avenue
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C.  22.02      Second Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503130012
A 62 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after his girlfriend threw a speaker at him.

Officers responded to the disturbance at an apartment located in the 1900 block of Wallace Avenue.  When they arrived, the man told them that he was attempting to go to sleep after a verbal argument with his girlfriend when she grabbed an object and threw it at him.  The object, which was a speaker from the computer, caused a minor cut to his forehead.

Officers arrested the girlfriend, Annette Hinojosa (06/14/1967), for aggravated assault.

The man refused medical treatment.

 

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Patrol Report 03/12/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 227 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 11 to 7:00 a.m. on March 12, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/12/2015       11:10 PM
Location: State Highway 361
Offense: Agency Assist
Case Number: 1503120003

Corpus Christi Police were called to assist two other law enforcement agencies that were pursuing a stolen vehicle into the city limits on State Highway 361.

Port Aransas Police Officers and Department of Public Safety Troopers were in pursuit of a 2006 Ford Expedition that had been stolen in Rockport. The pursuit entered the city limits, then returned to Port Aransas, then came back.

Officers were successful in deploying spikes that punctured the tires of the vehicle. The 23 year old suspect abandoned the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot but was taken into custody at the entrance of Mustang Island State Park by officers.

The Port Aransas Police Department took the lead on this case, and took care of filing charges on the suspect.

 

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Animal Care Services Has Availble Funds For Animal Services

Animal Care Services Offers More Vouchers For Program
When:     March 11, 2015
Where:   Animal Care Services 2626 Holly Road
Who:      Corpus Christi Animal Care Services

Animal Care Services has funds available for free spay/neuter surgeries for citizens living in target areas throughout the city.  Thank you to all who took advantage of this offer and came in to have surgery.  There are still funds available which must be spent by the end of March.  Animal Care will collect vouchers for DOGS & CATS living in all of the target areas below.  Please keep in mind that by receiving a voucher it does not guarantee surgery will be performed.  If you have already received a voucher you will be contacted with a surgery date.  The target areas are

Target 1 – Molina area all streets contained within Greenwood/Horne/Old Brownsville/HWY 358

Target 2 – all streets contained within Airline/Alameda/Nile/Mcardle

Target 3 – all streets contained within Ayers/Gollihar/Weber/Mcardle

Target 4 – all streets contained within Ayers/Horne/Kostoryz/Gollihar

Target 5 – all streets contained within Weber/Saratoga/Ayers/SPID

Target 6 (new) – all streets contained within Hwy 286/Horne/Kostoryz/Staples/Baldwin

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services & Vector Control are located at 2626 Holly Road in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Search Warrant Executed On Green Grove Home

The Corpus Christi Police Narcotics and Vice Division served a search warrant at 4014 Green Grove this morning.  This warrant was a result of an investigation into drug activity at the home.

During the search, 1325 grams of marijuana was recovered along with 40.14 grams of THC wax, and $4136 dollars in cash.  Street value of the drugs was estimated at $2700.00  Also confiscated in the home was assorted weighing scales and other paraphernalia associated with the sale of drugs, two assault rifles, a shotgun, and a .223 caliber rifle. 

Officers also  took possession of a 2006 Jayco recreational vehicle and a 2001 Chevrolet 3/4 ton diesel truck and these vehicles will be filed on for seizure.

The residents, Jason Anthony Martinez (07/29/1987), and Joann Frances Herrera (01/02/1983) were both arrested for felony possession of marijuana and possession of controlled substance.

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Items seized from a search warrant executed at 4014 Green Grove

 

 

Three Men Rob Frost Bank

Date: March 11, 2015           10:40 AM
Location: 4100 Interstate Highway 69
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
Case Number: 1503110049
Corpus Christi Police are investigating a bank robbery that occurred at the Frost Bank located at 4101 Interstate Highway 69 this morning.

Employees reported that three men entered the bank, two armed with handguns.  Two of the suspects rounded up employees, and gathered money.  The third went inside and stood by the front entrance. All three men were wearing dark hoodies that covered their heads and faces.  One of the suspects was wearing khaki pants the other blue jeans and the third was wearing dark blue pants with a light blue stripe down the side.

The suspects took money from the bank and fled out the door and got into a car that was parked in front of the bank.  A bank employee was able to get the license plate of the suspect vehicle as it fled.  The vehicle the suspects got into had been reported stolen one hour earlier from a business located in the 5100 block of Flynn Parkway.  It was described as a maroon 2002 Chrysler four door.

No one at the bank was injured.

At about 12:45 PM officers found the stolen vehicle that the suspects had used abandoned with the engine running in the parking lot of the Home Depot located at 13200 Leopard Street.

At this time, the suspects have not been arrested and remain on the loose.  Camera surveillance caught images of the three suspects entering the bank.

Anyone who knows who is responsible, or has any additional information about this robbery should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery & Homicide Detectives at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to Detectives Should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip 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 one entering bank

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Suspect two entering bank

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Suspect  three entering bank

Patrol Report 03/11/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 199 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 10 to 7:00 a.m. on March 11, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“BRAVO” District
Date: 03/11/2015       2:15 AM
Location: 5800 State Highway 358 West
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C.  49.04      Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503110014
Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash on the freeway just east of South Staples Street.

Officers arrived and found a 1995 Chevrolet truck up against the middle cement median and the driver pinned inside.  The driver, Joshua Gallagher (07/20/1985), was freed and he did not suffer any major injuries.

The crash investigation revealed that the driver lost control of his truck while traveling west on the freeway.  The truck left the roadway and drove into the grass before the driver overcorrected and veered back across all three lanes of the freeway.  The truck then struck the center median.

After an investigation it was determined that the driver of the truck was intoxicated.  He was transported to Spohn Shoreline Hospital to be treated for minor injuries and then arrested and taken to the City Detention Center.

 

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Patrol Report 03/10/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 203 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight March 9 to 7:00 a.m. on March 10, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

 

“CHARLIE” District
Date: 03/9/2015       10:55 PM
Location: 3900 Holly Road
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
P.C.  29.03      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1503090149
Two males and a female went to the Christi Estates located at 3922 Holly Road to sell a phone to a buyer they met on Facebook.

Once they arrived, the buyer waived one of the men over to where he was standing behind some cars near a sidewalk. The man walked over without the phone and the suspect pulled out a black semi-auto handgun and threatened him.

The suspect then went over to the car and pointed the gun at the female and the other man and they jumped out telling the suspect to take everything. After the suspect had the property he took off running into the complex.

The female was able to pull up the suspects Facebook account and officers were able to locate his address.

Officers found the suspect, Damarcus Whittington (01/12/1995), and he was arrested for aggravated robbery. He was also found to have two outstanding arrest warrants for theft.

 

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