Occurred on 5/20/12, 10:51 pm  Aggravated Assault  902 18th Street   1205200158

Officers investigating an attack with a machete arrived to find the residents of 809 17th Street closing their blinds and turning off the lights.  The sound of people arguing could be heard inside the home as Officers searched for victims.  A 22-year-old man told Officers he was returning home from a BBQ when he was confront his neighbor who threw a beer bottle at him, smashing the front windshield of his truck.

The victim told Officers he got out of his truck to confront his neighbor, Arthur Mathew Fehrenbach (05/06/93) who ran home and armed himself with a knife. Fehrenbach returned to the victim’s house accompanied by his Uncle Jose Refugio Garcia (12/28/81) who was armed with a machete.  Fehrenbach and Garcia pushed the door the door after Garcia cut and hit the screen door with the machete.  The victim struck Fehrenbach with a baseball bat, while Garcia began swinging at him with the machete.  A fight ensued on the porch until the suspects fled.

Both Fehrenbach and Garcia ran back to their house, but the arguing ensued as the neighbors continued to yell and argue with one another through the fence separating their homes.  The victim threw a flower-pot at Garcia striking him in the head.

The victim sustained a couple of minor lacerations to his right arm during the assault.  Officers arrested Fehrenbach and Garcia who were taken to Spohn Memorial to be medically cleared.  Both were charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

The machete was recovered and tagged as evidence.

Occurred on 5/19/2012    02:49am     4500 Adkins     Auto Burglary        1205190038

The owner of a late-model Ford Pickup residing in the 4400 block of Jansen Street, told the investigating officer that he noticed the dome light to his truck was on, so he walked outside to investigate.  When he checked the truck, the owner discovered that someone had rifled through the glove compartment and strewn papers about the cab, but nothing appeared to be missing.  The man told officers that when he walked to the truck, he saw a dark-colored Mitsubishi Eclipse that was parked one house away drive off at a high rate of speed.  The officer began searching the neighborhood for the suspect vehicle and spotted a black Eclipse stopped near several parked cars in the 4900 block of Trinity Street.  When the officer approached, the Eclipse suddenly sped away; running a stop sign at Mt. Vernon.  The Officer then pulled the car over in the 4900 block of Lavaca Street, which was occupied by two men in their late teens.  In the rear seat of the car, the officer noticed a black backpack containing a pill bottle.  Also inside the backpack were a black IPod, five pocket knives, and a pair of sunglasses. The name on the prescription didn’t match either of the teens and returned to an address on the 4500 block of Adkins Street. Officers contacted the homeowner on Adkins, who told them that someone had stolen the pill bottle from the cab of his late-model Ford Pickup, along with his IPod, two pocket knives, and a pair of sunglasses.  The man then identified the IPod, pocket knives,  and sunglasses that were found inside the backpack as his.  Both men, Christopher Garza (DOB: 10-8-1993) and Rafael Soliz (DOB: 4-12-1993), were then arrested and charged with Auto Burglary and possession of a controlled substance.