Charlie District, Community Outreach

Charlie District Report for August 2, 2013

Date:  August 1, 2013, 7:54pm
Location: 1530 Airline Road
Event: Reckless Driving
 Case Number:  1308010162

Jose Carlos Rojas
Jose Carlos Rojas

Police observed a silver Nissan Rogue being chased by a white tow truck as they traveled eastbound in the 5700 block of Holly Road.  The tow truck pulled over, but the Rogue continued on swerving all over the road and onto the curb near several apartment complexes.

Officers caught up to the Rogue and pulled it over near Williams Drive and Airline Road.  The driver Jose Carlos Rojas (09/05/74) was arrested.  Further investigation revealed the 30-year-old passenger was the owner of the car and both men were trying to evade the tow truck driver who was trying to repossess the car.

Rojas was charged with Reckless Driving and booked at the City Detention Center.  The car was impounded, but the owner of the car was released.

Date:  August 2, 2013, 12:25am
Location:  4700 S. Padre Island Drive
Event:  Accident involving Cyclist
Case Number:  C1305675

A 23-year-old woman driving a gray Chevrolet Equinox northbound struck a bicyclist as he attempted to cross S. Padre Island Drive.  The 32-year-old cyclist was taken to Spohn Memorial where he was treated for minor injuries.   Both the driver and the 22-year-old passenger in the SUV were not injured.

The woman told Officers she tried to avoid the crash, but was unable to see the cyclist as there were no lights on his bicycle.  Lt. R. Jenkins reports the cyclist was cited for not having a light affixed to the front of his bicycle.

Adam District, Patrol Division

“Adam” District Report August 1, 2013

Date: August 1, 2013, 12:53am

Location: 4900 Up River Road http://goo.gl/maps/Dftb8

Offense: Driving While Intoxicated

Case Number: 1308010005

Corpus Christi Police were called to a business on the 4900 block of Up River Road for a disturbance. A 48-year-old man sat in a blue 2001 Ford Explorer and blocked the driveway to the business. The 48-year-old man was disoriented and had slurred speech. The man was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and taken to the hospital for a blood specimen to be collected. Steven Aguilera (3/24/1959) Arrested for Driving While Intoxicated.

Date: August 1, 2013, 5:20am

Location: Leopard at North Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/sx1JN

Offense: Warrant of Arrest

Case Number: 1308010023

A 43-year-old man was arrested for two warrants for arrest after a Corpus Christi Police Officer stopped the man for riding a bicycle at night without a headlight on Leopard Street at North Padre Island Drive. The Officer stopped the man for the violation and conducted a routine warrants check which revealed the 43-year-old man had an arrest warrant for burglary to a building and for unauthorized absence from a correctional facility. James Cavett (4/18/1970) Arrested for two outstanding warrants for arrest.

Community Outreach

Animal Care Services Show Improvements

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The Corpus Christi Animal Care Services has improved the comfort and environment for animals since the department transitioned management to the Corpus Christi Police Department in 2012. The Animal Care Services has a goal to meet the needs of the citizens and reduce the stray pet population.
The Department has hired a new, highly trained, staff. New staff includes the shelter veterinarian, Dr. Melissa Draper, and new Program Manager, Heather Hedrick.
The workers have acquired necessary equipment to be more effective. There are new air conditioner shells for the safety of impounded animals. Managers intend to equip the vehicles with computers to allow officers access to information in order to provide more efficient response to calls for service.
A new targeted spay and neuter program has been implemented to reduce the stray animal population. People Assisting Animal Control volunteers join community sponsors to increase the adoption rate of the facility. Relationships are growing with other community animal welfare organizations who rescue animals from the Corpus Christi Animal Care Services such as the Gulf Coast Humane Society, Heartbeats, and The Cattery.
The Corpus Christi Animal Care Services have changed the appearance of the vehicles and to the uniforms the Officers wear. This effort is to make the vehicles and workers more identifiable to the public and to promote responsible pet ownership requirements in the community. The vehicles now include the city of Corpus Christi seal and the Animal Care Services logo. Information is displayed on the vehicle that promotes responsible pet ownership, having pets spayed or neutered, vaccinate all pets, keep current registration with the city, encourage adoption and foster opportunities, and to keep dogs restrained.

Criminal Investigations Division

Wedding Planner Arrested in Amherst, New York

The Corpus Christi Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit was advised that wedding planner Justin Lee Olle had been arrested Tuesday evening by the Village of Amherst Police Department (New York) on a Theft warrant.

Olle, who owned a wedding planning business named Justin Lee Designs, is under investigation after numerous complaints were filed with the Corpus Christi Police Department.

If you are a victim please ensure that you have filed a police report and provided all the necessary documentation to Detective Mathews, of the Financial Crimes Division, no later than August 22, 2013.

The Nueces County Sheriff’s Department will handle the extradition of Olle to Corpus Christi.

Delta District

Delta District Report for July 31, 2013

Date:  July 30, 2013,
Location:  522 Van Cleve http://goo.gl/maps/pzaWa
Event:  Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Case Number: 137300136
HectorBorregoJrPolice received complaints of a wanted subject who was drug dealing in the area of 500 Van Cleve.  Hector Borrego Jr. (01/10/89) ran when he observed the Officers.  He was caught and arrested.

Borrego became upset when he was informed he was wanted and started kicking at the bars inside the police car.  He also kicked one of the Officers as he attempted to escape.

Officers searched the area where Borrego began running from the Officer and found a firearm.  He was also found to have approximately 2.69 grams of Cocaine.

Borrego was booked at the City Detention Center and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Possession of Controlled Substance, Resisting Arrest, and an outstanding Nueces County warrant for Failure to Appear on an Evading Arrest charge.  No Bond on the warrant.

Charlie District, Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Charlie District Report for July 31, 2013

Date: July 30, 2013, 6:54am
Location: 6300 Fitzhugh Drive http://tinyurl.com/qx9acc3
Event: Burglary of a Habitation
Case Number: 1307300028

A 14-year-old home alone told Police he heard a large noise and went to investigate.  He walked out to his room to find a Hispanic man inside the residence.  The teenager startled the man and he ran out of the residence.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, standing 5’6″ to 5’7″ feet tall, and weighing 230 lbs.  The man had his face covered with a bandana and armed with a baseball bat.  He was wearing a white muscle shirt and blue jeans.

The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Bureau.  If you have any information concerning this crime, please call the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.

Anyone who would like to provide information to the Detectives and keep their identity secret may provide the information through Crime Stoppers at 886-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com.  Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in arrest will earn the caller a cash reward.

Date: July 30, 2013, 7:37am
Location: 5200 Greenbriar http://tinyurl.com/pukx6ov
Event: Burglary of a Habitation
Case Number: 1307300034

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Approximately forty minutes later, Police were called to the Greenbriar Drive residence where a 40-year-old woman told Officers she heard banging on a side door.  When she walked over to the door, she observed a Hispanic male with his face covered.  He asked her to open the door and she refused, motioning that she was calling Police.

The man fled and joined a couple of other men who were attempting to open a garage door.  The men drove off in white Volkswagen Jetta.

The suspect is described as stocky Hispanic man with a spiked hair and standing 5’6″ feet tall. He was wearing a white muscle shirt.  The other suspects were only described as Hispanic men.

Detectives are looking at the possibility that both burglaries are related.  The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Bureau.  If you have any information concerning this crime, please call the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.

Anyone who would like to provide information to the Detectives and keep their identity secret may provide the information through Crime Stoppers at 886-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888TIPS.com.  Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in arrest will earn the caller a cash reward.

The Corpus Christi Police Department offers Residential/Commercial Security Surveys, Robbery Prevention and Senior Safety presentations.  If interested, please visit the Police Department’s website at www.police.com and submit a Crime Prevention Presentation Form.

If you do not have access to the internet, please contact Brenda Moreno,  the Police Department’s Crime Prevention Advisor at 361-886-2568.

Community Outreach, Criminal Investigations Division

Wedding Planner Wanted for Theft

JustinLeeOlleCorpus Christi Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who is wanted in connection with the writing of several “hot” checks for catering services from Poet’s Family Restaurant.  Financial Crimes Detective L. Mathews was conducting an investigation into a Corpus Christi wedding planner who did not provide the promised services when this theft was uncovered.

Justin Lee Olle (06/14/88) paid Poet’s Family Restaurant approximately $8,400 in checks which were returned for Non-Sufficient Funds.   Detective Mathews obtained a warrant for Justin Lee Olle for Theft, a State Jail Felony, which is punishable by up to two years in jail or a $10,000 fine.  His bond was set at $50,000.

Financial Crimes Detectives continue to investigate the multiple complaints filed against the wedding planner and owner of Justin Lee Designs.

Police believe Olle is living out-of-state, but ask that anyone with any information on his whereabouts to call Corpus Christi Police at 361-886-2600.  Anyone who would like to provide information to the investigators and keep their identity secret may provide the information through Crime Stoppers at 886-TIPS (8477) or online at http://www.888TIPS.com.  Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Delta District, Patrol Division

“Delta” District Report July 29, 2013

Date: July 29, 2013, 15:20

Location: 3300 Port Ave http://goo.gl/maps/JjOZW

Offense: Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 2-A

Case Number: 1307290125 & Crash #C1305604

A 53-year-old man drove a white 2011 Nissan Sentra when he was involved in a vehicle crash in which he struck two parked cars in an auto dealership. The Sentra drove north on Port Avenue, made an unsafe change from a direct course to cross to the left side of the road and then strike the curb, a fence, two parked cars, and broke a utility pole. The 53-year-old man said he reached to retrieve a cigarette from the floorboard when he was in the crash. The investigating officer found the cigarette which was not tobacco, but a synthetic substance.

The 53-year-old man went to the hospital for treatment and the cigarette was sent for testing.

 

Date: July 29, 2013, 13:32

Location: 600 14th Street http://goo.gl/maps/auyVl

Offense: Burglary to a Residence

Offense Number: 1307290083

A 38-year-old woman told Corpus Christi Police someone entered her home and took her property. Entry to the house appeared to have been made by removing a window unit air conditioner.

Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi.

Bravo District, Patrol Division

“Bravo” District Report July 30, 2013

Date: July 29, 2013, 8:00am

Location: 8201 South Padre Island Drive http://goo.gl/maps/o7oPD

Offense: Burglary of a Building

Case Number: 1307290031

Employees of a business reported to Corpus Christi Police that the back door of the building was found open and contents inside the building were missing. The employees said the unpermitted entry and the theft happened sometime over the weekend.

 

Date: July 29, 2013, 21:15

Location: 1217 Nile http://goo.gl/maps/e2Yk2

Offense: Robbery

Case Number: 1307290171

A 24-year-old man told Corpus Christi Police he rented a truck and was approached by two black men in a white Pontiac Grand Am behind the convenience store at 1217 Nile Drive. One of the men demanded the keys, wallet, and cell phone from the 24-year-old man. No arrests have been made.

 

Date: July 29, 2013 20:07

Location: 821 Behmann Street http://goo.gl/maps/OpZlT

Offense: Arson

Case Number: 1307290170

Residence was burned; no injuries reported.

Charlie District, Patrol Division

“Charlie” District Report July 30, 2013

Date: July 29, 2013, 15:46

Location: Ramsey at Horne

Offense: Disorderly Conduct

Case Number: 1307290135

Corpus Christi Police responded to a fight call which originated over a disturbance over a dog. A 22-year-old man placed an advertisement on an internet site searching for a lost dog. A 39-year-old man contacted the 22-year-old man and claimed to have found the lost dog and requested money for information to find the lost dog. The 22-year-old man claimed the 39-year-old man was operating a scam and the two men got into a fight.

Both men were issued citations for fighting in public.

Date: July 29, 2013, 22:30

Location: 4500 Stony Creek

Offense: Robbery

Case Number: 1307300012

An 18-year-old man told police he left a friend’s house after playing video games and was attacked by three men he knows. The three men took money from the 18-year-old man. The 18-year-old man identified his attackers to police, but no arrest has yet been made. The 18-year-old man was treated for minor injuries.

Date: July 30, 2013, 5:34am

Location: 600 Catalina

Offense: Robbery

Case Number: 1307300026

A 59-year-old man told police he sat on his porch drinking coffee when two black men walked up the driveway to his porch. The 59-year-old man said one of the men put a knife to his throat and demanded money. The other man punched the 59-year-old man, took his wallet and the two men ran from the scene.

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