Adam District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 01/20/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 175 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 19 to 7:00 a.m. on January 20, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Adam” District
Date: 1/19/2015          9:57 PM
Location: 9900 Interstate Highway 37 North
Offense: Fatal Crash
Case Number: C1500258
A 39 year old truck driver was killed when he got out of his tractor trailer at the scene of another crash and was struck and killed by a passing suburban.

Corpus Christi Police responded to the scene of a two car crash in the 9900 block of Interstate 37 North near Carbon Plant Road.  The first crash involved an intoxicated driver in a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage who struck a 2007 Dodge Nitro from behind as both traveled north on the freeway. Both of those vehicles were disabled in the evacuation, left and middle lanes of the freeway.

The truck driver pulled his tractor trailer over into the right lane of the exit ramp of Carbon Plant Rd. and he walked over to assist the victims of the crash.  A 40 year old male driver of a suburban traveling north on the interstate approached the crash scene at regular speeds and struck the man who was in the middle of the highway.  The man was transported by CCFD EMS to Spohn MMC and later pronounced dead.

There were no signs of intoxication on the driver of the suburban.

After an investigation, the driver of the Mitsubishi, Martin Villarreal (08/14/1983), was found to be intoxicated and he was arrested.

The 53 year old male driver of the Dodge that was struck from behind by the intoxicated driver was also transported to Spohn MMC by CCFD EMS with minor injuries.

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators continue to investigate this crash and at this time no other charges have been filed against anyone else involved.

 

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Bravo District, Traffic Safety Division

Officer Injured While Directing Traffic

“Bravo” District
Date: 1/19/2015          7:15 PM
Location: 10400 South Padre Island Drive West Access
Offense: Crash
Case  Number: C1500254
Just after 6:00 PM, a Corpus Christi Police Officer observed that there was a power outage in the area of Waldron Road and S. Padre Island Drive.  Due to the dark and dangerous conditions imposed by the lack of lighting and traffic signals he called another officer to assist him, and they took it upon themselves to start directing traffic through the intersection.

At about 7:15 PM, Officer Alan Ostermiller, was out of his marked patrol car directing traffic along the west bound access road of the freeway when a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo traveling west on the access road struck a 2012 Ford F150 truck that was traveling north in the 1000 block of Waldron Road.  The car struck the passenger side door of the truck as both vehicles entered the intersection.

The 24 year old female driver of the Chevrolet was not injured.  The 58 year old male driver of the truck also was not injured, however, a 54 year old female who was sitting next to the passenger door in the truck that was struck was taken to Spohn Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.

Following the impact of the two vehicles, Officer Ostermiller was struck by the truck.  He had injuries to his lower back, and both legs.  He was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital for injuries not believed to be life threatening.

At this time Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators are still investigating this crash.   It has not been determined if any of the drivers will be issued citations related to the crash. Alcohol is not considered a factor.

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The City of Corpus Christi Police Department is committed to providing citizens with exemplary service. In order to assure that the Department is meeting the community’s needs and expectations, the Corpus Christi Police Department asks the opinions of citizens by completing and submitting a digital survey. The survey poses key questions to assist the Department in determining citizen perceptions of safety, quality of life, and quality of police services. The survey also allows residents to convey their priorities for enforcement. Community feedback serves as a “report card” and provides insight for the process of establishing goals, enhancing training, and shaping the future of the Police Department. Analysis of the survey results, reviewed by members of the Police Department, assists in tracking opinions regarding the quality of services and helps to direct the focus of the Department’s efforts to better serve its citizens.

Thank you for your participation and your assistance in reducing crime, reducing the fear of crime, and enhancing public safety.

Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 01/19/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 190 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 18 to 7:00 a.m. on January 19, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Charlie” District
Date: 1/18/2015          1:00 PM
Location: 5400 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Theft P.C. 31.03       (Class A Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1501180073
Corpus Christi Police responded to the Target Store located at 5425 S. Padre Island Drive after two males attempted to push a shopping cart with a television and other goods out the front door without paying.

As officers approached both males in the parking lot, one of the males fled on foot.  The other got into a 1988 white Chevrolet Celebrity that was being driven by a 34 year old female that was waiting in the parking lot. The male told the female to drive away but she refused.

Jesus Lopez (11/01/1988) was taken into custody. The other male ran across both east and west bound lanes of the freeway and into the La Palmera mall parking lot. He was not located.

Inside the getaway car officers found a 32 inch television valued at $289.99, a baby digital video monitor valued at $259.99, and a sleep aid monitor valued at $99.99.

The female was identified and released.   Officer are still investigating this case, and are attempting to identity the other male that fled the scene.

 

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Bravo District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report January 18, 2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 244 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 17 to 3:00 p.m. on January 18, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 9:36am
Location: 2601 Waldron Road
Offense: Criminal Mischief (Penal Code Section 28.03)
Case Number: 1501180058

Three teenage women reported to the Coprus Christi Police damage to their vehicles while they were on a school trip Saturday night. The two 17-year-old women and an 18-year-old woman told Officers the vehicles were parked at the school overnight while they went on a school trip, and when the women arrived back at the parking lot at 9:30am Sunday morning, the windows were damaged. The three women estimated the cost of the damage to total about $3,400. Officers contacted the school staff and the staff said they would review video surveillance to gain images of the suspects in this criminal case.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 00:18
Location: 1938 Ennis Joslin Road
Offense: Furnishing Alcohol to Minors (Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 106.06) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1501180013

Corpus Christi Police arrested 20-year-old John Bradburn (12/16/1994) for furnishing alcohol to minors after he hosted a party at the Aspen Heights for over 20 minors to consume alcoholic beverages. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a loud party at 12:18am and found over 20 minors run from a particular apartment. The Officers investigated the apartment and found several people underage with alcoholic beverages. Officers issued citations to two 18-year-old men, a 19-year-old man, and a 20-year-old man for consumption of alcohol by a minor and released them to sober drivers to take them home as they were not residents of Aspen Heights. Officers arrested 20-year-old Ivy Baresh (8/4/1994) for consumption of alcohol by a minor and fail to identify. Officers arrested Bradburn for Furnishing alcohol to minors as he was the only resident of the apartment complex. Officers recorded that all involved in this event were university students.

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2015, 00:56
Location: 9500 State Highway 358
Event: Major Vehicle Crash
Crash Number: C1500239

Corpus Christi Police responded to a vehicle crash at 12:56am Sunday morning at the Oso Bridge in which a black 2011 GMC Sierra pickup struck the guard rail, rolled and ejected the 20-year-old man who operated the truck. An ambulance took the 20-year-old man to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening facial injuries. Officers do not believe the 20-year-old man was intoxicated and there were no other people in the truck when it crashed. Officers took reports for four vehicles which were damaged when they struck debris from the crash. No other injuries were reported.

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015,  08:02am
Location: 5100 Staples Street
Offense: Urinating In Public (Municipal Code Section CC-33-15) Class C Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1501170049

A Corpus Christi Police Officer arrested 56-year-old Thomas Petreman (5/31/1958) for urinating at a bus bench at Staples by Moore Plaza at 8am Saturday morning. The Corpus Christi Police Officer was on routine patrol and saw Petreman urinating in public, so he stopped to arrest Petreman. The Officer then delivered Petreman to the city detention center.

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.

Bravo District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 01/16/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 207 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 15 to 7:00 a.m. on January 16, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 1/15/2015          10:45 PM
Location: 9200 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated
P.C. 49.04       (Class B Misdemeanor)
Case Number: 1501150165
Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash on the freeway near the Flour Bluff exit and found a 45 year old male driver intoxicated.

The crash investigation revealed that the driver was traveling east on the freeway when he lost control of his 2002 Chevrolet truck and it veered and crashed into the center median wall.  After hitting the wall the vehicle veered back across the freeway, going airborne, and landing on the Oso Bay turnaround below the freeway.

An investigation determined that the driver, Hector Garcia (11/29/1969), was intoxicated.  He was transported to Bay Area Hospital for medical treatment and once that was complete, he was taken to jail.

There were no other vehicles involved and the suspect had no passengers in his truck at the time of the crash.

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Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Man Arrested For Passing Fake Money

“Bravo” District
Date: 01/15/2014        7:00 AM
Location: 9600 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Forgery
(PC 32.21      Third Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1501150031
Corpus Christi Police responded to a Stripes Store located at 9602 S. Padre Island Drive after the store clerk took a fake ten dollar bill from a customer.

The cashier told officers that a man passed her a ten dollar bill to pay for items at the register.  The cashier saw no hologram on the bill and when she tested it with a counterfeit detector pen the bill was confirmed to be fake.

The clerk called the police and told the man if he wanted the bill back that he would have to file a police report. The suspect waited for police and when they arrived they arrested Thomas L. Genter (08/21/1986) for forgery, a third degree felony offense.

At the city detention center two more counterfeit ten dollar bills were found under the sole of the suspect’s right shoe.

Bravo District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report 01/15/2015

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 197 reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight January 14 to 7:00 a.m. on January 15, 2015. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District
Date: 1/15/2015          3:10 AM
Location: 7100 South Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
P.C. 29.03       (First Degree Felony)
Case Number: 1501150019
A 22 year old store clerk flagged down a Corpus Christi Police Officer after a man attempted to rob the business where he works with a pocket knife.

The clerk told officers that the suspect came into the store and bought a lottery ticket. He left, but later returned armed with a knife wearing a ski mask. He approached the clerk and said that he was going to “rob the store and they could split the money.” The suspect walked behind the counter with the knife, but then left without taking anything.

The suspect left in an older model gold SUV. The young Hispanic male had an unshaven face, and was wearing a dark color hoodie.

Officers are still investigating this case, and no arrests have been made.

 

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Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Investigate Man Struck by Vehicle in Parking Lot as Possibly Intentional

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 21:43
Location: 5800 Everhart Road
Offense: Aggravated Assault
Case Number: 1501140135

A woman told Police a 22-year-old man may have been intentionally struck by a vehicle in a parking lot of an apartment complex located at 5835 Everhart Road Wednesday night.

Corpus Christi Police responded to help the 22-year-old man at 9:43pm and saw the man with what Officers described as a significant head injury. An ambulance took the 22-year-old man to the hospital for medical treatment immediately. Officers learned the 22-year-old man was involved in a confrontation with two men at a convenience store at Everhart and Holly. The Officers believe the 22-year-old man left south from the store to the parking lot of the apartment complex. The Officers believe the two other men involved in the confrontation followed the 22-year-old man in a dark blue Toyota possibly a 4-Runner until the woman and her teen-aged child saw the Toyota strike the 22-year-old man. The woman told Officers the Toyota left the scene south on Everhart. No suspects have been apprehended but Officers believe they have good images of the two men. The witnesses were taken to the Corpus Christi Police Head Quarters to provide recorded statements. Officers continue to search for the two men involved in the confrontation. No other injuries or property damage was reported.

Anyone who knows who is responsible or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to provide information to Detectives and keep their identity secret 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:
The suspects in this case have been located. The suspects were taken to Police Headquarters to be interviewed by Detectives and no arrests have been made at the time of this report.

Charlie District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Suspect Runs Out Of Store With Rifle

Date: January 1, 2015           7:30 PM
Location: 5000 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Theft of a Firearm
Case Number: 1501010118
Corpus Christi Police Detectives need your help identifying a suspect that ran out of the Academy Store, located at 5001 South Padre Island Drive with an AR-15 style  rifle on New Year’s Day.

Witnesses noticed a short young male with a thin build wearing all black and a beanie pulled low on his head in the firearms section of the store.  When a store employee put the Bushmaster .223 caliber M4 rifle down on the counter, the suspect picked it up and acted like he was looking at it, but then quickly ran away with it.

The suspect ran out of the store through the side emergency exit door that led to the parking lot. Witnesses saw the suspect get into a Ford F150 truck with another male.

Store video surveillance captured camera images of the suspect while he was walking through the store, and while he was making his escape.  There is also a very dark image of the parking lot of the store that shows the suspect vehicle.

Officers are very concerned that this high power, high capacity weapon is on our city streets in the hands of such brazen criminals .  Anyone with information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division 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 walking into the Academy Store

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Suspect walking through the Academy Store

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Suspect vehicle in the parking lot of the Academy Store

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