Charlie District

Damsel In Distress Disappears, One Man Jailed

Occurred on 6/13/12, 01:17 am  Aggravated Assault  5217 S. Padre Island Drive  1206130004 

Police were called to intervene in a disturbance involving a knife at TGI Friday’s located at 5217 S. Padre Island Drive.  Officers detained the suspect Jesus Jimenez (09/15/86) who was involved in an altercation with another patron at the restaurant.   

The victim told Officers he observed Jimenez push a female and when he interceded, he was assaulted also.  Jimenez pulled a knife making threatening gestures at the victim who jumped back to prevent being stabbed.   

Witnesses confirmed the victim’s account and Jimenez was arrested.  He was charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon a 2nd degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.  Officers were unable to identify the woman involved in the original assault as she left prior to their arrival.

Bravo District

Man Runs Out of Local Store with TV

Occurred on  6/12/12, 8:38 a.m.  Theft  6101 Saratoga   1206120025 

A Wal-Mart employee reported to Officers a man entered the store through the south entrance of the store and walked to the electronics display area.  The man grabbed a television set and ran out to his truck which he conveniently parked just outside the entrance.  The man was able to escape with a 40” LCD TV valued at $448. 

The suspect is described a White male, 20 to 25 years of age, 5’7” to 6” feet tall, and weighing 130 lbs.  He was last fleeing in a 1998 Dodge Ram pick-up truck.

Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crimes Stoppers at 888-TIPS or log on to www.888TIPS.com.  Tips that lead to the arrest of the suspect, as well as the recovery of stolen property and drugs, are eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000.  Go mobile with us, visit our website and download your iPhone or Android app.

Delta District

Two Women Arrested, Charged with Child Endangerment

Vanessa Morin
Valerie Trevino

 

Occurred on 6/11/12, 10:47 p.m.  Endangering a Child/Reckless Driving   Braggs and Sweeney Drives, 1206110179 

Police responded to a moving disturbance in which a which a witness was following a gold Jeep Cherokee which was involved in vandalizing a truck in the Crosswinds Apartment parking  lot.  Officers caught up to the vehicles at Weber Road and Caravelle Parkway observing the Cherokee swerving in and around other motorist as it sped away.  The Cherokee ran the red light at Caravelle Parkway and Weber at Holly Road.  

Officers were able to pull the vehicle over in the 4000 block of Montego Drive.  Both the driver Vanessa Elena Morin (12/09/91) and the passenger Valerie Trevino (03/08/91) were detained.  Officers also found five children, six months, 2, 3, and 4, and another two-year old in the back seat area.  Two of the children aged 2 and 3 were unrestrained.  Further investigation revealed Trevino had smashed the truck’s windshield in retaliation for an assault.  The truck’s owner had assaulted Morin’s sister.  Morin also struck the exit gate at the complex as she drove off. 

Morin and Trevino were both arrested and charged with Criminal Mischief and Endangering a Child.  Morin was additionally charged with Reckless Driving.  The Criminal Mishchief is Class “A” Misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of $4,000, while the Endangering a Child is a State Jail Felony and is punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000.

If you or a family member are a victim of family violence and would like to talk to a Family Violence advocate, please call 361-886-2670.  Please call 911 if

Charlie District, Community Outreach

Trailer Vandalized

Occurred on 6/11/12, 4:53 p.m.  4617 Hamlin Drive   1206110133 

The 63-year-old victim reported to Officers his trailer was spray painted with graffiti sometime during weekend. The victim estimates $100 in damages to the trailer.   

Help us keep your neighborhood clear of graffiti, visit our website at www.ccpolice.com and report vandalism in your neighborhood.  To report an act of graffiti in progress, call 911, but if the offenders have fled or unknown, please call our non-emergency 361-886-2600.  You can also submit an on-line vandalism report or a clean-up request with the City Customer Online Center on the website. 

Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com . 

Bravo District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Woman Injured In Apartment When Car Strikes Wall

Occurred Monday, June 11, 2012, 8:05pm, 3701 Cimarron Boulevard, Vehicle Crash C1204500

A 29-year-old woman was injured in her apartment after a red 2001 Ford Mustang drove into the wall from the apartment parking lot.

The 29-year-old woman was treated at the scene for minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital. A 20-year-old woman drove the Mustang with two passengers into the air conditioner exterior unit and the wall. No one inside the car was hurt. The cause of the crash is listed as failure to control speed.

No citations were yet issued and the 29-year-old woman has arrangements with the apartment complex for overnight accommodations for tonight.

Delta District, Patrol Division

Masked Men Attempt Burglary While Woman Home

Occurred Friday, June 8, 2012, 10:00am, 123 Del Mar, Burglary of Habitation 1206100117

A 41-year-old woman was at her home on Del Mar Boulevard Friday morning when three men attempted to break into the home.

The 41-year-old woman looked out her front window after she heard the doorbell ring. The woman did not expect visitors and did not announce she was home. The woman saw a man outside her front door that the woman described as Africa-American, early 20’s in age, 5 ft. 10 in. tall, clean-cut, thin and had a series of black characters, which were possibly Chinese symbols, tattooed on the left side of the neck.

The woman said the man walked to a vehicle parked further down the street and then backed that vehicle to the side of her home by the locked gate. The woman said three black men that wore black clothing and masks got out of the vehicle and jumped her fence into her back yard. The woman said one of the men saw her and then the three ran back to the maroon sport utility vehicle and left.

The woman said the vehicle had strongly tinted and she was unable to see inside the vehicle. The woman said the vehicle was last seen northbound on Ocean Drive.

Anyone with additional information about this crime should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit an online tip at www.888TIPS.com. If the information leads to an arrest, it could earn the caller a cash reward.

Anyone that has a stranger approach the door should let the stranger know there is someone home. Do not open the door and call police if there is any cause for alarm.

Criminal Investigations Division

FBI Recognizes Corpus Christi Police Employee

A Corpus Christi Police Department employee was recognized Monday with a letter signed by F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller for work conducted to a successful prosecution of a registered sex offender.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified Corpus Christi resident Brian Puckett (11/3/1965) as in a group that actively searched child pornography images on the internet. Puckett concealed his online identity; but, the F.B.I. and the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was able to establish Puckett’s online activity. Puckett was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his illegal conduct.

Diane Berry’s work is considered to have significantly contributed to the investigation and led to the successful prosecution of a child predator.

Community Outreach, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Corpus Christi Will Have Strict Parking Enforcement By Mid-Summer

The Corpus Christi Police Department parking control will begin to strictly enforce residential parking in order to provide a safer environment for the community.

The parking control officers will not only patrol the downtown area for parking violations, but will now also focus attention with police patrol officers to vehicles parked facing traffic and vehicles that are parked on the sidewalk. State law requires sidewalks to be free from obstructions and permit pedestrian traffic in a safe manner. Vehicles parked facing traffic is also prohibited by state law and is a safety hazard for passing traffic.

Parking control officers and police patrol officers will spend the next couple weeks making the effort to educate the public about the violations. Parking control officers will distribute information cards to vehicles in violation before the strict enforcement begins. The laws are not new, but, the strict enforcement will begin in mid summer.

A few reminders about parking are that the passenger side tires must be parked less than 18 inches from the curb, do not park on the sidewalks, and trailers may not be parked on the street unless attached to a vehicle capable of towing the trailer.

Delta District

Man Exposes Himself to Bus Driver and Passengers

Occurred on 6/9/12, 6:36 p.m.  Indecent Exposure   Ayers Street and Horne Road 1206090124 

An off-duty Officer asked Manuel Rodriguez (05/14/55) to leave the bus stop at Port Ayers when he kept trying to get on a bus without any money.  Rodriguez walked away, but approximately 30 minutes later he stopped an RTA bus in the middle of the road in an attempt to get on the bus. The bus driver would not allow Rodriguez on the bus and he retaliated by dropping his pants and exposing himself to the bus driver and passengers.

Rodriguez was arrested and charged with Indecent Exposure.

Criminal Investigations Division

Missing Man Found

The Corpus Christi Police Department would like to thank the public and the media’s assistance in trying to locate Claude Hallmark who had been reported missing by his daughter last week.  Detective R. Lee reports that 61-year-old Claude Wayne Hallmark was found to be in good health in Moriarty, New Mexico.

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