Bravo District, Charlie District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report April 16, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 155 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 15 to 8:00 a.m. April 16, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Bravo” District

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 22:17
Location: 15800 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Discharging a Firearm Inside the City Limits (Penal Code Section 49.02) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404150129

Corpus Christi Police arrested 42-year-old Johnnie Shull (6/29/1971) for discharging a firearm inside the city limits and for public intoxication at Padre Bali Park Tuesday night. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a man who discharged a firearm in the air at the park. Officers found Shull with a pistol and arrested him for discharging a firearm inside the city limits and for public intoxication.

 

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 2:31am
Location: 9320 South Padre Island Drive
Event: Information
Case Number: 1404150013

A Corpus Christi Police Officer is credited with possibly saving the life of a 55-year-old woman from an apartment fire at 9320 South Padre Island Drive Tuesday morning. Three Corpus Christi Police Officers: Lieutenant Tom Nichols; Officer Brian Martin; and Officer Andres Alvarez responded to a fire at an apartment at 2:30am Tuesday morning and arrived before the Fire Department. The Officers heard screams and saw smoke inside the apartment and they forced open the door to provide help. Lt. Nichols heard the yelling from one of the occupants getting closer, but apparently unable to get to the door.  At that point, Lt. Nichols got onto his hands and knees and crawled through the apartment living room where the couch and recliner were on fire.  Amidst the smoke, Lt. Nichols made it into the hall where he made contact with a 55 year old woman and pulled her out of the apartment.

The Corpus Christi Fire Department arrived and attacked the fire, then were able to rescue a 28 year old woman. The 28 year old woman and the 55 year old woman were transported to the hospital for injuries from the fire. Lt. Nichols was transported to Bay Area Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and released. Officers Martin and Alvarez were treated for minor smoke inhalation and released back to duty.

 

“Charlie” District

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 20:40
Location: 5313 Saratoga Boulevard
Offense: Child Abandonment (Penal Code Section 22.041) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404150117

A 43-year-old woman reported a theft at a grocery store located at 5313 Saratoga Boulevard to Corpus Christi Police Tuesday in which the suspect left behind an eight month old child. Corpus Christi Police responded to the complaint at 8:40pm and the 43-year-old woman explained to Officers that she saw a 24-year-old woman take merchandise from the store displays and load a shopping cart, then walk out of the store without paying for the merchandise. The 43-year-old woman told Officers she confronted the 24-year-old woman and the 24-year-old woman left the shopping cart behind and ran to a red Ford Mustang, then drove away. The 43-year-old woman told Officers an eight month old child was in the shopping cart left behind by the 24-year-old woman. Officers contacted a family member of the child to care for the baby. Officers were not able to locate the 24-year-old woman, but know her identity. Officers generated a criminal complaint for the theft and for child abandonment.

 

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 3:10am
Location: 6505 Everhart Road
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404160015

Corpus Christi Police arrested 23-year-old Meagan Boswell (2/13/1991) for driving while intoxicated after she was found asleep at the wheel at a drive through window at a restaurant located at 6505 Everhart Road Tuesday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a woman asleep at the wheel in a black 2013 Chevrolet truck at 3:10am and the truck was drifting slowly into traffic from the parking lot. Officers banged on the vehicle until Boswell woke and the Officers made sure she was not injured or ill. Officers then arrested Boswell, impounded the truck, then delivered Boswell 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 886-2841. 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, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District

Police Seek Help to Identify a Man Exposing Himself

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Date: Saturday March 29, 2014 at 6:13pm  and Sunday April 13, 2014 at 5:46pm
Location: 3900 Fort Worth Street
Offense: Indecency With a Child (PC 21.11) 3rd Degree Felony. Indecent Exposure (PC 21.08) B Misdemeanor
Case numbers: 1403290135, 1404130120

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are investigating reports of a man exposing himself several times in the area of 3900 Fort Worth Street. One complainant stated that she heard her child scream and stated that the suspect was exposing himself and masturbating. When confronted he fled the scene. In another incident a complainant stated that her child was playing in the park when a man approached not wearing any pants. When the suspect was confronted he fled the scene.

The suspect is described as a dark skinned man, between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, approximately 190 pounds, black hair and brown eyes, wearing a ball cap, jeans and a long sleeve shirt. He was seen in a blue Dodge Ram pick up truck and possibly a white truck.

Anyone who has any additional information about this crime or knows the identity of this person of interest should call  Corpus Christi Police Detective Lee Galloway at (361) 808-6247. 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 information online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Community Outreach

Citizens Transporting Trapped Opossums to Animal Care Services Okay Says Texas Parks and Wildlife

Corpus Christi Citizens who transport trapped opossums to Animal Care Services are not in violation of the regulation prohibiting the transport and release of nuisance fur bearing animals, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Assistant Commander Kevin Davis. According to Davis, “Since the City of Corpus Christi has obtained necessary authorization from the department to allow a mechanism for release of nuisance furbearers to the wild, it is the position of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division that individuals transporting nuisance opossums to the city for disposal as allowed under the city’s letter of authorization is permissible.” Animal Care Services will still be responsible for the reporting guidelines required under Texas Administrative Code Chapter 65.

The message from Assistant Commander Davis, Wildlife Law Administrator for TXPWD, came in response to a concern raised by a Corpus Christi resident during public comment at last week’s city council meeting. The resident informed the city council that citizens who transport trapped opossums to the Animal Care Services facility were in violation of this regulation. Animal Care Services had requested and received a waiver from Texas Parks and Wildlife in March, allowing staff to release trapped opossums back into the wild on city owned property. According to Davis, as long as citizens are abiding by the terms set out in the city’s program and transport the opossums directly to the city facility, they are covered under the letter of authorization issued by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The waiver only applies to citizens transporting nuisance opossums said Davis. Citizens who have trapped high risk rabies carrying wildlife such as skunks, raccoons, and foxes should continue to call ACS for transport. ACS employees will pick up these animals regardless of whether they are caught in a city or privately owned trap.

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Workers Discover Human Remains in Agnes Street Business

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 6:38am
Location: 4414 Agnes Street
Event: Death Investigation
Case Number: 1404150017

Corpus Christi Police are investigating a discovery of human remains at a garbage collection business at 4414 Agnes Street Tuesday morning. An employee discovered the human remains at the business among trash and called for emergency services at 6:38am. Emergency Medical Services determined the human remains were a deceased person and the Corpus Christi Police responded with an investigation to determine the circumstances of the person’s death. The Corpus Christi Police Forensics Lab Technicians responded to document and photograph the physical evidence, the Robbery/Homicide Detectives responded to collect information and determine if this is a product of a criminal action or if this was accidental, and the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office responded to collect the remains and determine the cause of death.

Anyone with any additional information about this event should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives at 886-2841. 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 information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Update:

The Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives determined the human remains are a 41 year old female. Detectives continue to investigate to determine where the woman was collected and if this is the product of a criminal action. The Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office has collected the 41 year old woman and will conduct an examination to determine the cause of death and notify the next of kin.

Community Outreach

Aggravated Robbery

Date: Monday April 14, 2014, 3:00pm
Location: 4622 Everhart
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (P.C. 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case number: 1404140101

Corpus Christi Police Officers are investigating a bank robbery at the IBC Bank located at 4622 Everhart Road. The male suspect walked to the counter, told the teller he had a weapon and demanded money. The male suspect took the undetermined amount of money and left. He was last seen entering a possible blue Chevy Trail Blazer and heading South on Everhart Road.

The male suspect was approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall, 175-200 pounds, wearing a camouflage jacket with a hoodie  and a white mask.

Anyone who has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Robbery Detectives at (361) 886-2841. 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 information online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District, Patrol Division

Men Shoot Store Employee During Robbery On Ayers Street

Date: Monday, April 14, 2014, 13:06
Location: 1602 Ayers Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404140083

Corpus Christi Police are investigating a robbery at a store located at 1602 Ayers Street which sent a 59-year-old man to the hospital with what Officers believe are gunshot wounds Monday afternoon. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a robbery at 1:06pm and discovered a 59-year-old man with obvious injuries. Officers learned that two men with masks that covered their faces entered the store and displayed a firearm. The two masked men left the store before Officers arrived. Witnesses told Officers a red four door car was seen leaving the store on Brownlee Boulevard after the robbery which may have had the two robbery suspects.

The 59-year-old man was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of his injuries. Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives arrived at the scene to gather information and evidence from the scene and they continue to search for the men responsible for this crime.

Anyone who knows the identity of the men responsible, or has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives at 886-2841. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and would like to 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 leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Update:

Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide Detectives arrested three people related to this event. The 59-year-old man expired at the hospital and did not survive his injuries. Detectives arrested 26-year-old Del Victoria Cavazos (6/2/1987); 26-year-old Arturo Navarro (1/18/1988); and 26-year-old Daniel Garcia (8/1/1987) for the death of the 59-year-old man. All three arrested persons were charged with capital murder because they are accused of having caused the death of an individual while in the course of commenting a felony offense which is punishable by either life in prison or death.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division

Police Seek Help to Identify Bank Robber

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Date: Saturday April 12, 2014, 10:23am
Location: 3757 S. Staples
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (P.C. 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case number: 1404120063

Corpus Christi Police Officers are investigating a female bank robbery suspect who walked into the Value Bank located at 3757 Staples Street and passed a threatening note to the teller demanding money. The teller gave the female suspect an undetermined amount of money. The female suspect then exited the bank, last seen heading North on S. Staples. The female suspect is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, dark hair with colored streaks, wearing dark shirt and pants and a tan jacket. Corpus Christi Robbery Detectives are actively working the case.

Anyone who has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Robbery Detectives at (361) 886-2841. 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 information online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Community Outreach, Narcotics/Vice Division

Drug Take Back Event announced

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTS FOURTH COASTAL BEND PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY ON APRIL 26, 2014

“Living Drug Free Starts at Home”

(Corpus Christi, TX) – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with the Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass, Portland, Sinton, and Alice Police Departments and the Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office, will provide the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 26th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., DEA along with its local law enforcement partners nation-wide will host the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This is a free service and nine Take-Back locations will be available within the Coastal Bend Community.

Last October, Americans turned in 324 tons (over 647,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at over 4,114 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.  When those results are combined with what was collected in its seven previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 3.4 million pounds—more than 1,700 tons—of pills.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.  Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.  Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.   Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing unused medicines – flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – pose potential safety and health hazards.

“Prescription drug abuse is a major epidemic across the country and DEA is committed to reducing the potential for misuse by providing a safe and secure method for Americans to clean out their medicine cabinets and properly dispose of unwanted, unneeded, or expired medication,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart.  “This nationwide community effort prevents home medicine cabinets from becoming sources of dangerous – and even deadly – drugs.”

DEA is in the process of approving new regulations that implement the Safe and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.  The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.  DEA is in the process of drafting regulations to implement the Act.

Coastal Bend Collection Sites are listed below:

  • Kiii TV                                          5002 South Padre Island Drive                      Corpus Christi
  • HEB                                              3033 S. Port Avenue                                       Corpus Christi
  • HEB                                              5313 SaratogaBlvd                                        Corpus Christi
  • HEB (Flour Bluff)                                    1145 WaldronRd.                                          Corpus Christi
  • HEB (Annaville)                           11100 Leopard St.                                          Corpus Christi
  • HEB                                              1600 Wildcat Blvd.                                        Portland
  • HEB                                              409 E. Kleberg                                                Kingsville
  • HEB (Aransas Pass)                      101 E. Goodnight Avenue                              Aransas Pass
  • HEB (Sinton)                                106 S. San Patricio                                          Sinton
  • HEB (ALICE)                              1115 E. Main St.                                             Alice

For more information and collection sites nation-wide, please visit www.dea.gov.

U.S. Department of Justice
       Drug Enforcement Administration
Houston Field Division
Corpus Christi Resident Office
http://www.dea.gov                                                                                                                                                                                                       Date: April 8, 2014
Contact: Richard G. Thomas
Resident Agent in Charge
Number: (361) 887-1200

Community Outreach

Two Robberies in less than 15 minutes

Date: Saturday April 12, 2014, 10:08am
Location: 4954 S. Staples
Offense: Agg. Robbery (P.C. 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case number: 1404120059

Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to Jared Jewelers in reference to a robbery. Witnesses told the officers that the suspect asked to look at some jewelery. When the employees showed the suspect the necklace, he took it and and told the employees that he had a weapon. He left the scene, but not before employees were able to get his license plate. The license plate was checked and a BOLO was put out over the radio. Corpus Christi Police officers found the vehicle heading North on I.H. 37. Officers waited for back up and conducted a felony stop south of Mathis. The suspect (Gamaliel Altamirano-Cancino DOB 10-20-1992) was arrested for aggravated robbery and booked into the City Detention Center. Officers recovered the property that was stolen.

Date: Saturday April 12, 2014, 10:23am
Location: 3757 S. Staples
Offense: Agg. Robbery (P.C. 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case number: 1404120063

While Corpus Christi Police Officers were hard at work with the robbery at Jared Jewelers, a female suspect walked into the Value Bank and went up to a teller. The suspect passed a threatening note to the teller demanding money. The teller gave the female suspect an undetermined amount of money. The female suspect then exited the bank, last seen heading North on S. Staples. The female suspect is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, dark hair with colored streaks, wearing dark shirt and pants and a tan jacket. Corpus Christi Robbery Detectives are actively working the case.

Anyone who has any additional information about this crime should call the Corpus Christi Robbery Detectives at (361) 886-2841. 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 information online at www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Bravo District, Narcotics/Vice Division

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014, 13:53
Location: 4125 Gollihar Road
Offense: Gambling Promotion (Penal Code Section 47.03) Class A Misdemeanor
Case number: 1404100093

Narcotics/Vice and Gang units executed a search warrant at It’ll Do Saloon  (4125 Gollihar) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 1:53pm.  The search warrant was in reference to a gambling investigation conducted by the Corpus Christi Police Department.  The search warrant was executed during business hours and several patrons were contacted.

Eight 8-liner machines and $6,733 in cash were seized.  The owner and manager were detained at the scene.  Both face charges of Keeping a Gambling Place, Gambling Promotion, and Possession of Gambling Paraphernalia.  All of the charges are a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine. 

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