Corpus Christi Chief of Police, Mike Markle announced today there will be five Officers promoted in rank in a ceremony scheduled for Friday, August 26, 2016 at Police Headquarters.
Kelly Isaacks
Kelly Isaacks will advance from Captain to the rank of Commander.
William Broyles
William Broyles will advance from Lieutenant to the rank of Captain.
Patrick McMenamy
Patrick McMenamy will advance from Lieutenant to the rank of Captain.
Steven Gonzalez
Steven Gonzalez will advance from Senior Officer to the rank of Lieutenant.
Colby Burris
Colby Burris will advance from Senior Officer to the rank of Lieutenant.
Their new assignments will be announced on August 26 and the time of the ceremony will be announced at a later time. The promotions will take effect on Monday, August 29, 2016.
Armando Garza (8/3/1979) Wanted For Burglary and Theft of a Firearm
Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for the first person to call 888-TIPS and provides information which leads to capture 37-year-old Armando Garza.
Garza has two felony warrants for his arrest for Burglary of a Habitation and Theft of a Firearm. Garza is described as a white male who stands 6 feet 1 inch tall, 185 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Garza has a tattoo on his left wrist that reads, “Sariah Ariel Garza” and has a tattoo on his right forearm of praying hands and reads, “Only God Can Judge Me.”
Garza was featured on the KZTV “Wheel of Shame” on August 10th and a Crime Stoppers tip led law enforcement to the 800 block of Elizabeth where Garza fled from Officers. Officers ask the public for more information to capture Garza.
If you have any information which can direct law enforcement to capture Garza, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS. Crime Stoppers guarantees to keep your identity, you will never be called into court, and it could earn you a cash reward.
Date: August 10, 2016, 17:16
Location: 5626 Saratoga Boulevard
Offense: Theft (Penal Code Section 31.03)
Case Number: 1608100120
Corpus Christi Police would like help from the public to help identify a woman accused of stealing cosmetics on August 10th at the Kohl’s department store located on Saratoga Boulevard.
A 28-year-old man employed by Kohl’s for loss prevention, reported the theft to the Corpus Christi Police at 5:16pm and explained that the unknown woman selected multiple items near the jewelry aisle and the juniors department, she walked into the dressing room with the items and then walked out with nothing. The employee told Officers he saw the woman leave out the front doors near the women’s athletic section and immediately get into a white in color Infinity that displayed license plate number DVR4141, and leave the area. The employee told Officers he discovered several hundred dollars worth of cosmetics and clothes taken by the woman. Detectives obtained images of the woman and would now like you help to identify her.
The woman is described as an adult female with medium brown colored skin, 5 foot 4 inches with black hair approximately 140 pounds and she wore a black shirt with white stripes and blue jean shorts.
If you can identify this woman, or have any additional information about this crime, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information which leads to an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.
Caitlin Cifuentes (9/20/1990) Wanted for Intoxicated Assault
Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward to the first person to call 888-TIPS and helps law enforcement locate 25-year-old Caitlin Cifuentes.
Cifuentes is a fugitive and has two warrants for her arrest for motions to revoke her probation for the original charges of Intoxication Assault, and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The Intoxicated Assault happened on August 8, 2013 at Airline and Holly and Cifuentes was accused of operating a silver 2000 Honda Accord while intoxicated at about 1am and caused a vehicle crash which seriously injured a 22-year-old woman.
Cifuentes is described as a 25-year-old woman who stands 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, with straight brown hair, brown eyes and has a tattoo on her back of an elephant with three heads and the words, “The World is Yours” in latin. The last known address for Cifuentes was on the 7000 block of Smokewood in Corpus Christi and she was last known to be employed at Murdock’s as a bartender.
If you can provide information to help law enforcement locate Caitlin Cifuentes, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information which leads to an arrest of Cifuentes may earn the caller a cash reward.
Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 21:53
Location: 1301 Airline Road
Offense: Assault (Penal Code Section 22.01) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1608020173
Corpus Christi Police Detectives would like help from the public to identify and locate a woman involved in assaulting a 12-year-old girl at a store located at 1301 Airline Road on August 2nd.
A 34-year-old woman reported the assault at 9:53pm on August 2nd and explained to Officers that her 12-year-old daughter ran to her in the store and complained that she was hit in the face by an unknown woman in the store. The 34-year-old woman told Officers while she was down an aisle, her 12-year-old daughter came ran to her holding her lip and then said that an unknown woman yelled at her for no reason. The 34-year-old woman told Officers that her daughter explained that when she attempted to run away from the unknown woman, the 12-year-old was grabbed her by the left arm and punched her on the left portion of her lip causing it to bleed. The 34-year-old woman told Officers that when she exited the store, the unknown woman was waiting for them in a green Dodge passenger car. The 34-year-old woman told Officers the woman yelled at her, then drove away.
Detectives have obtained video of the woman accused of the assault and would like the public to help identify and locate the woman.
Anyone who can identify this woman, or has any additional information about this case, should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS 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.
Date: Monday, August 8, 2016, 10:34am Location: 13900 Park Road 22 Event: Crash which caused complete closure of JFK Causeway Crash Number: C1605139
Corpus Christi Police responded to the 13900 block of Park Road 22 at 10:34am to a city vehicle crash with downed lines that crossed the roadway. The lines extended across all four lanes of PR22. Several units from the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section responded to assist. Investigation revealed that the city unit had an arm lift that was extended up. It was extended up because there was a generator on the back of the open bed preventing the arm to properly be set in place. As the city unit traveled west, it brought down what was later identified as a cable line. AEP was on scene with Grande who had trouble with the line. AEP was credited as a huge help with this incident. The Utilities supervisor was present. Both east and westbound traffic was at a stand still for about an hour before the roadway was opened to normal use.
Truck involved in the crash which dropped electrical lines on the roadway
Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016, 21:40 Location: 1800 Flour Bluff Drive Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death Case Number: 1608030159
Corpus Christi Police arrested 27-year-old Nicholas Brenz (12/11/1988) Friday afternoon based on a tip to Crime Stoppers for a hit and run crash that happened Wednesday night on Flour Bluff Drive which killed a 35-year-old woman.
A 35-year-old female was with her friends on August 3rd when they stopped on Don Patricio to pick up items which were mistakenly left on the top of the car and had fallen to the road. A truck, that was traveling north, struck the 35-year-old woman and threw the 35-year-old woman into the south bound lanes where she was then run over by at least two more vehicles. The truck did not remain and fled the scene. The 35-year-old woman did not survive the crash.
This is the 15th traffic fatality for 2016 in Corpus Christi.
A tip from Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers led investigators to discover the truck at about 12:30pm Friday on the 400 block of Polaris Drive in Flour Bluff. Investigators learned that the owner of the truck was not a resident of the home on Polaris, but shortly after the truck was discovered, Nicholas Brenz walked to the Flour Bluff Police Sub-station and surrendered to Officers. Investigators interviewed Brenz and then obtained a warrant for the arrest of Brenz for Accident Involving Injury or Death with a bond amount of $150,000.
This is the 48th tip to Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers which has led to an arrest in 2016.
Investigators are thankful to the Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers community for the help to discover the primary vehicle responsible for this crash. Investigators continue to search for additional vehicles and drivers involved in the crash, but say there is no interest to pursue any more criminal accusations in this case. The Investigators say they want to close out the case and want anyone involved to feel comfortable with coming forward to provide information.
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 6:10am
Location: Paul Jones Avenue at South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death (Transportation Code Section 550.021) Felony
Case Number: 1607200031
Corpus Christi Police arrested 40-year-old Alexis Derise Jr. (8/10/1975) in relation to a hit and run crash on Paul Jones Avenue Wednesday morning in which a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and the vehicle fled the scene.
Corpus Christi Police responded to a crash scene at Paul Jones Avenue and South Padre Island Drive at 6:10am after a RTA bus driver called police when they found a man with obvious injuries and a bicycle laid in the roadway by the curb. Officers learned that the bicyclist was a 61-year-old man and was immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of serious injuries. Witnesses told Officers there was a truck that may have struck the man on the bicycle, but the operator of the truck did not stop to aid the 61-year-old man and left the area prior to law enforcement arrival.
Officers searched the area and at 8:20am, located a green and tan Ford F-250 on the 8300 block of Moffett Circle which they believed may have been involved in the crash. Officers located Derise in his nearby house on the 8300 block of Moffett Circle and brought Derise to Police Headquarters for an interview. Officers impounded the truck and then gathered enough evidence to conclude that they believe Derise operated the truck that struck the 61-year-old man, that Derise did not stop to render aid, and Derise did not make an attempt to summon emergency services as required by the Texas Transportation Code. Officers arrested Derise, took him to the hospital for a medical evaluation, and then delivered Derise to the city detention center with the accusation of Accident Involving Injury or Death. Investigators will gather more information about the condition of the 61-year-old man.
The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 1389 calls for service and generated 258 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. July 18 to 10:30 a.m. on July 19, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 8:53am
Location: 8000 South Padre Island Drive
Event: Vehicle Crash
Crash Number: C1604613
Corpus Christi Police worked several vehicle crashes near the Oso Bridge along the 8000 block of South Padre Island Drive this morning after drivers sighted a water spout. Officers responded to the complaints of vehicle crashes at 8:53 this morning and learned there were ten vehicles involved in collisions on the roadway. At least one person was transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Drivers told Officers a water spout was sited and some vehicles stopped in an effort to avoid the weather hazard. Several vehicles were towed due to damage. The bridge was not closed down because the weather hazard was gone by the time the emergency crews arrived.
Water spout in Oso Bay (photo by Senior Officer Denise Pace)
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 4:29am
Location: 300 Coke Street
Offense: Arson
Case Number: 1607190020
Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of arson at an abandoned and unoccupied residential structure located on the 300 block of Coke Street Tuesday morning. Fire Fighters with the Corpus Christi Fire Department believe the fire was intentionally set and must be investigated as a crime. No injuries were reported and Investigators are seeking information to determine who owns the structure at 320 Coke Street.
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 1:42am
Location: Carroll Lane at South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated as a 2nd Offense (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1607190013
Corpus Christi Police arrested 36-year-old Eusebio Guillen (8/30/1979) for Driving While Intoxicated with a previous conviction at Carroll Lane and South Padre Island Drive Tuesday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to investigate a stalled green 2006 Land Rover sport utility vehicle in the intersection at 1:40am. Officers found Guillen asleep in the driver’s seat with the engine running. Officers woke Guillen and determined he was not in medical distress, but was intoxicated. Officers impounded the vehicle, took Guillen to the hospital to collect a specimen of his blood, and delivered Guillen to the city detention center. Officers learned that Guillen had previously convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and so the Tuesday accusation was enhanced to a Class A Misdemeanor.
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 1:04am
Location: 2725 Leopard Street
Event: Missing Child
Case Number: 16070190004
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to this call for a missing 10-year-old boy. The child had not been seen since 7:00PM. The mother thought the 10-year-old boy had gone to the swimming pool with a friend and then afterwards was with the grand mother. The grand mother thought the boy was with the mother. The child had no mental health issues, and is known as a good kid. Officers exhausted a search of the apartment and they went door to door to contact as many neighbors as possible. The father found the child at Zavala park at 1:04AM near a grandmother’s residence. The child said he was upset with his parents. The child was returned home.
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.
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016, 12:01
Location: 4300 Leopard Street
Offense: Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1, first degree felony
Case Number: 1607070062
The Corpus Christi Police Department Narcotics / Vice Investigations Division served a search and arrest warrant at room #151 at the La Siesta Motel at 4300 Leopard at noon yesterday. Investigators located over 80 grams of crack cocaine, 182 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, 11.5 grams of Xanax, 4.09 grams of ecstasy pills, a Taurus .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and $1919.00 in cash.
investigators seized over 80 grams of crack cocaine, 182 grams of synthetic cannabinoid, 11.5 grams of Xanax, 4.09 grams of Ecstasy pills, a Taurus .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, and $1919.00 in cash.
Investigators arrested Shawn Lloyd Lawson (11-27-89) and Linda Booker (3-24-91), both charged with first degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1, first degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2A, second degree felony Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2, and misdemeanor Possession of Dangerous Drugs.
This action is part of part of a lengthy and currently ongoing investigation into the sales of drugs in the Leopard Street corridor.
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