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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.

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.

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

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. 

Adam District, Bravo District, Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report April 11, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 201 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 10 to 8:00 a.m. April 11, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“Adam” District

Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 00:12
Location: State Highway 358 at State Highway 44
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated with an open alcoholic beverage container (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404110002

Corpus Christi Police arrested 48-year-old Shirley Alvarez (11/02/1965) for driving while intoxicated with an open container of an alcoholic beverage at State Highway 358 and State Highway 44 Friday morning. A Corpus Christi Police Officer saw a silver 2012 Kia Forte drive into a road construction site at 12:12am while workers were present and the Kia continued to drive through the construction. The Officer stopped the Kia and arrested Shirley Alvarez for driving while intoxicated. The Officer discovered an open container of an alcoholic beverage inside the vehicle with Alvarez. The Officer impounded the vehicle and delivered Alvarez to the city detention center.

“Bravo” District

Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 00:45
Location: Ennis Joslin Road at South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Driving while Intoxicated with a previous conviction (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404110008

Corpus Christi Police arrested 27-year-old Aaron Indridson (5/30/1986) for driving while intoxicated when Inridson was found slumped over the steering wheel at the intersection of Ennis Joslin and South Padre Island Drive Friday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a man slumped over the steering wheel in a white 2008 Ford Fusion while it was stopped at the red light at 12:45am. Officers shook the vehicle to wake the driver, Aaron Inridson, and then made sure Inridson did not suffer any medical issue. The Officers arrested Inridson for driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction and impounded the car. Officers then delivered Inridson to the city detention center.

Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 00:33
Location: 6241 Saratoga Boulevard
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404110006

Corpus Christi Police arrested 36-year-old Charles Hernandez (8/15/1977) for driving while intoxicated after he was found asleep at the wheel of a tan 2010 Ford F-150 in the drive through of a restaurant located at 6241 Saratoga Boulevard Friday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a man asleep at the drive through at 12:33am and woke Charles Hernandez to make sure he did not suffer any medical condition, and then arrested him for driving while intoxicated. The Officers impounded the truck and then delivered Hernandez to the city detention center.

“Charlie” District

Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 1:07am
Location: 3200 Crestwater Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404110013

Corpus Christi Police arrested 23-year-old Robert Castillo (4/4/1991) for driving while intoxicated at the 3200 block of Crestwater Friday night. A Corpus Christi Police Officer conducted a traffic stop after he saw a silver 2012 Chevrolet Malibu pass through a stop sign at Masterson and Kostoryz without stopping. The Officer arrested the driver, Robert Castillo, and impounded the Malibu. The Officer then delivered Castillo to the city detention center.

“Delta” District

Date: Friday, April 11, 2014, 2:06am
Location: 3900 South Port Avenue
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated with 2 or more previous convictions (Penal Code Section 49.04) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404110020

Corpus Christi Police arrested 52-year-old Samuel Contreras (5/9/1961) for driving while intoxicated with 2 or more previous convictions on the 3900 block of South Port Avenue Friday morning. A Corpus Christi Police Officer conducted a traffic stop after she saw a white 2000 GMC Sierra pass through a stop sign at Andrews and Port Avenue without stopping. The Officer impounded the truck and delivered Contreras 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.

Criminal Investigations Division, Delta District

Police Investigate Shooting on Edwards Street

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014, 1:04am
Location: 200 Edwards Street
Offense: Murder
Case Number: 1404100008

Corpus Christi Police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man on the 200 block of Edwards Street Thursday morning. Corpus Christi Police responded to a call for a shooting at 1:04am and discovered a 52-year-old man with obvious wounds which the officers believed to be caused from gunshots. Corpus Christi Fire Department Emergency Medical Technicians attempted to provide aid to the 52-year-old man, but could not revive the man and he died at the scene. The Officers detained a 41-year-old woman who they believe may have caused the injuries to the man. Detectives from the Corpus Christi Police Robbery/Homicide bureau and Forensics Lab Technicians responded to the scene to gather information and evidence. Detectives believe they have contacted all the suspects in this case but encourage any person who knows anything about this event to call the 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.

Corpus Christi Police arrested 41 year old Susana Salcido (11/10/1972) for the murder of the 52 year old man and delivered Salcido to the city detention center.

Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report April 9, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 167 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 8 to 7:00 a.m. April 9, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

“Charlie” District

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 11:00pm
Location: 1821 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404070160

A Corpus Christi Police Officer recovered the cellular telephone Tuesday night which was stolen from a 19-year-old man the previous night in an aggravated robbery after a Facebook meeting to sell the phone on Trojan Drive. The Corpus Christi Police Officer saw a 19-year-old man he recognized from pictures from an investigation the previous night. The Officer knew a 19-year-old man met another 19-year-old man through social media in an effort to sell a cell phone, but the potential buyer displayed a handgun and took the phone without paying from the 19-year-old seller. The Corpus Christi Police Officer saw a 19-year-old man at 11:00pm in a store located at 1821 South Padre Island Drive which the Officer recognized as the suspect in the aggravated robbery. The Officer confronted the 19-year-old man and recovered the stolen cell phone. Detectives were contacted and the decision was made not to arrest the 19-year-old man at that time, but instead continue to gather facts and evidence. The 19-year-old man was released and the phone was collected as evidence.

“Delta” District

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 14:13
Location: 321 John Sartain Street
Offense: Indecent Exposure (Penal Code Section 21.08) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404080066

Corpus Christi Police arrested 29-year-old David James (12/4/1984) for indecent exposure after he exposed himself to a female 31-year-old uniformed Police Department employee as she loaded police equipment in her marked Police vehicle in the parking lot of the Corpus Christi Department at 2:13pm Tuesday afternoon. The 31-year-old woman reported she loaded her vehicle and James approached her. The 31-year-old woman said she sat in the vehicle and then James stood next to the vehicle outside the driver’s window and fondled himself. Officers arrested James and delivered him to the city detention center for indecent exposure, a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and up to a $2,000 fine.

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, Patrol Division

Patrol Report April 8, 2014

The Corpus Christi Police Department generated 194 original reports for formal criminal complaints from midnight April 7 to 7:00 a.m. April 8, 2014. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

 

“Charlie” District

Date: Monday, April 7, 2014, 20:25
Location: 1818 Trojan Drive
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1404070160

A 19-year-old man reported an aggravated robbery at 1818 Trojan Drive to Corpus Christi Police Monday night. The 19-year-old man told Officers he posted a phone for sale on a Facebook account and a buyer requested to meet at the school to purchase the phone. The 19-year-old man told Officers the buyer examined the phone, then displayed a handgun and left with the phone without paying the 19-year-old man. Officers gathered the identifying information from the buyers social media account and continue to investigate. No arrests have yet been made.

 

Date: Monday, April 7, 2014, 22:09
Location: 4300 Ocean Drive
Offense: Reckless Driving (Transportation Code Section 545.401) Class B Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404070168

Corpus Christi Police arrested 37-year-old Joyce Ramirez (1/16/1977) for reckless driving and other charges after she nearly struck a Police Officer on the side of the road. A Corpus Christi Police Officer conducted a traffic stop at the 300 block of Aberdeen Avenue at 10:00pm Monday night when he heard spinning tires and saw a blue 2001 Ford Explorer pass by him at a high rate of speed and nearly struck the Officer as he stood on the street side of the vehicle on the traffic stop. The Officer terminated the traffic stop and caught up to the Ford Explorer to contact the driver, Joyce Ramirez. The Officer arrested Ramirez and Ramirez resisted. The Officer applied the handcuffs on Ramirez and then discovered drug paraphernalia with Ramirez. The Officer impounded the Ford Explorer and delivered Ramirez to the city detention center on charges of reckless driving, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest.

 

Date: Tuesday, April 08, 2014, 2:56am
Location: 4800 Eider Drive
Offense: Driving While Intoxicated with Blood Alcohol Content over .15 (Penal Code Section 49.04) Class A Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404080012

Corpus Christi Police arrested 34-year-old Erin Schmidt (2/19/1980) for driving while intoxicated at the 4800 block of Eider Drive Tuesday morning. A Corpus Christi Police Officer found a red 1995 Ford Mustang stopped in the middle of the roadway at 2:56am Tuesday and discovered the Schmidt slumped over the steering wheel. The Officer detected Schmidt had consumed alcoholic beverages and arrested Schmidt for driving while intoxicated. The Officer impounded the car and delivered Schmidt to the city detention center.

 

Date: Monday, April 7, 2014, 18:53
Location: Holly Road at Staples Street
Offense: Disorderly Conduct (Penal Code Section 42.01) Class C Misdemeanor
Case Number: 1404070151

Corpus Christi Police responded to a fight in the road at Holly Road at Staples Street Monday night. Officers learned a 24-year-old man and 30-year-old man engaged in a confrontation which was called road rage. The two men were in separate vehicles when the 30-year-old man confronted the 24-year-old man about his driving. The two men got out of their vehicles and escalated the confrontation and swung at each other until Police Officers arrived. An ambulance treated the 30-year-old man for a minor cut to his hand. Officers issued citations to the two men and sent them in separate directions.

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.