Tag Archives: Corpus Christi Police

Adam District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Preliminary Investigation Rules Out Hit And Run As Cause For Injury To Man On Agnes Street

Date: Monday, February 6, 2017, 1:19am
Location: Agnes at Navigation
Event: Injured Person
Case Number: 1702060011

Corpus Christi Police Officers with the Traffic Safety Section have preliminarily ruled out that a 32 year old man was injured in a vehicle crash on Agnes Street Monday morning.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a call of an injured man who laid in the middle of Agnes with a very apparent broken leg.  Officers arrived and discovered a 32 year old man was uncooperative with Officers and only stated he was hit by a car and provided no further information.  Officers found there was no debris in the roadway and the 32 year old man did not have any road rash or marks that would indicate that he was struck by a vehicle. The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of his injured leg.

Investigators located and reviewed video from the area and believe the man was not struck by a vehicle, but do not yet know how the man was injured.

If you have any additional information about how this man may have been injured, call the Corpus Christi Police at 886-2600.

Charlie District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Investigate 5th Fatal Vehicle Crash of 2017

Date: Sunday, February 5, 2017, 1:13am
Location: 900 Texan Trail
Offense: Intoxication Manslaughter/Accident Involving Death
Case Number: 1702050012

A 35-year-old man died a little after 1am this morning after he was struck by a vehicle on the 900 block of Texan Trail.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a call of a vehicle crash on Texan Trail and discovered a 35-year-old man in the road. Witnesses told Officers the 35-year-old man was in the crosswalk on the 900 block of Texan when a vehicle struck the man, and carried him approximately 200 feet before stopping. Witnesses told Officers the driver got out, looked at the 35-year-old man, got back into his car and fled the scene. The 35-year-old man died on scene. Several witnesses provided a good description of the suspect vehicle and the driver. An Officer walked around Buccaneer Apartments and located the suspect vehicle, and shortly afterward, located Noe Garza (5/27/1960) who Officers believe is the driver .

Officers arrested Garza for Intoxicated Manslaughter and for Accident Involving Injury or Death for leaving the scene of the crash without providing aid. Officers impounded the vehicle and delivered Garza to the city detention center.

Anyone with any additional information or video of this crash should call the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Traffic Safety Section at 886-2600 Monday through Friday between 8:30am-4pm without delay to provide the evidence to Investigators.

Community Outreach

Police Remember Juan Rincon Prieto

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The Corpus Christi Police Department remembers Senior Officer Juan Rincon Prieto and his line of duty death on February 2, 1993. Officer Prieto was directing traffic at Up River Road and Suntide when he was struck and killed by a pickup truck. Officer Prieto had served in the Corpus Christi Police Department for 27 years and was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

A park on Woodland Creek Drive in Corpus Christi near Callicoate Road is named Senior Officer Prieto Park in his memory.

Adam District, Patrol Division

Girl Reports Stranger Danger in Annaville

Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 8:39am
Location: 3900 Cliff Crenshaw Street
Event: Stranger Danger
Case Number: 1702010041

A 14 year old girl reported a suspicious person today near the old Annaville Elementary.
The 14 year old girl told Officers that yesterday she saw a rusty brown colored pick up truck driven by an older man with a long beard wearing a dirty white shirt who had followed her a short distance as she walked onto Blades St. The 14 year old girl told Officers that she got home safely and no contact was made with this unknown man.
The 14 year old girl told Officers that today at around 8:20 am this same man in the same truck pulled into the parking lot of the old Annaville Elementary school at 3901 Cliff Crenshaw as she waited for her school bus to pick her up. The 14 year old girl told Officers that the driver of this pick up truck watched her through his side view mirrors. The 14 year old girl told Officers that this frightened her and that she called her mother and ran home. The unknown man did not follow her home and has not been identified. The 14 year old girl did not provide more specific information to describe the vehicle.
If you can identify this man, or have any additional information, call Corpus Christi Police right away.

Update Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:51am

A Corpus Christi Police Officer found the vehicle and the man which matched the description in this incident. The Officer met the man at Violet Road at Mulholland at 8:51am on Thursday. The Officer determined no violation happened and the man was released at the scene.

Delta District, Patrol Division

Police Patrol K9 Apprehends Man Accused of Attacking A Corpus Christi Police Officer

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 11:07am
Location: Broadway Street at Fitzgerald Street
Offense: Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer (Penal Code Section 22.02) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1701310060

A Corpus Christi Police Officer credits his Patrol K9 for the apprehension of a man armed with a machete and de-escalating a deadly force situation Tuesday afternoon at Broadway and Fitzgerald Street.

Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to Broadway Street at Fitzgerald Street to investigate a burglary suspect who was located by the victim of the burglary. A 33-year-old man reported the burglary on January 30, 2017 at the 1400 block of North Mesquite Street. The 33-year-old man told Officers he arrived at his shop and found the burglary suspect in his shop. The 33-year-old man told Officers several items were moved around and the male had a machete that belonged to the shop. The 33-year-old man took a photograph of the suspect who was described as a skinny adult male with black hair and a long beard. The case number for the burglary on Monday is 1701300049. The 33-year-old man told officers he located the suspect in that burglary on Broadway and requested Officers to contact the burglary suspect. 

A Corpus Christi Police Officer and his K9- L-Tvingo attempted to contact 38-year-old Ranuel Bocanegra (11/20/1978), but Bocanegra avoided the Officer and tried to leave in the opposite direction. 

As the Officers and his K9 got closer, Bocanegra opened his jacket to display a full size machete (same one that was stolen the previous day).  The Officer gave commands for Bocanegra to put his hands in the air and not grab the machete. 

Bocanegra ignored all commands given to him by the Officer, then Bocanegra reached to grab the machete. The Officer deployed K9- L-Tvingo as Bocanegra reached for the machete. The K9 L-Tvingo immediately grabbed Bocanegra and provided safety for the Officer to take Bocanegra into custody and avoid a deadly force situation.

Corpus Christi Police medics tended to Bocanegra and then transported him to the hospital for further medical attention.  Bocanegra was released from the hospital and delivered to the city detention center.

Bocanegra was arrested for Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer (1st degree felony), Possession of a Prohibited Weapon (3rd degree felony), Fail to Identify as a Fugitive (Class A misdemeanor), Theft (Class B misdemeanor), and for two warrants for his arrest.

 

Delta District, Patrol Division

Police Enforce Park Curfew Discover Couple With Contraband

Date: Monday, January 30, 2017, 2:56am
Location: 300 Beach Avenue
Offense: Possession of Controlled Substance (Health and Safety Code Section 481.115) 2nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1701300016

Corpus Christi Police arrested two people for possession of a variety of illegal narcotics Monday morning in a city park after the Officer met the couple for violating the park curfew.

The Officer detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle as he approached the couple while the couple sat in a red 2009 Ford Escape at just before 3am at 300 Beach Avenue on North Beach. The city park has a curfew from midnight to 6am daily. The Officer introduced himself to 31 year old Raul Cedillo (3/24/1985) and the passenger, 33 year old Crystal Perez (9/24/1983). The Officer saw two marijuana cigarettes in the center console and a bottle of Alprazolam pills in the passenger area of the vehicle. The Officer arrested Cedillo and Perez for possession of marijuana and controlled substances, then conducted an inventory of the vehicle for the impound and discovered a bag in the trunk which contained 35 individually wrapped bags of marijuana, more Alprazolam pills, and a quantity of what the Officer believes is methamphetamine with a weight over 1 gram.

The Officer impounded the vehicle and delivered Cedillo and Perez to the city detention center.

Officers collected evidence they believe is Marijuana in packages, more Alprazolam pills, and a quantity of methamphetamine with a weight over 1 gram.
Officers collected evidence they believe is Marijuana in packages, Alprazolam pills, and a quantity of methamphetamine with a weight over 1 gram while enforcing a park curfew.
Charlie District, Patrol Division

Police K9 Discovers 6 Pounds of Marijuana

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 13:35
Location: 7800 Jim Wells Drive
Offense: Possession of Marijuana (Health and Safety Code Section 481.121) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1701250067

Corpus Christi Police arrested 31 year old Rodney Eulenfeld (12/25/1985) for possession of 6 pounds of marijuana after the contraband was discovered on a traffic stop yesterday afternoon.

A Corpus Christi Police Officer conducted a traffic stop at the 7800 block of Jim Wells Drive near Oso Parkway in the area of Yorktown and Staples at 1:35pm Wednesday afternoon. The Officer conducted a traffic stop of a 2006 black Jeep Commander for the driver using the cell phone while driving. The Officer had his K9, Tanja, on the traffic stop and had the dog conduct a search of the exterior of the vehicle. The dog, Tanja, indicated there was contraband in the Jeep, which led the Officer to discover 6 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $30,000 dollars.

The Officer arrested the driver, Rodney Eulenfeld for Possession of Marijuana. The Officer seized the marijuana as evidence, impounded the vehicle, and delivered Eulenfeld to the city detention center. Possession of Marijuana in the amount of 5 pounds to 50 pounds is a 3rd Degree Felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Tanja with 6 pounds of marijuana seized on a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon.
Tanja with 6 pounds of marijuana seized on a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon.
Adam District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Investigate Fourth Traffic Fatality of 2017

Date: Monday, January 23, 2017, 17:20
Location: Interstate Highway 37 at Callicoate
Event: Vehicle Crash with Fatal Injury
Case Number: 1701230121

The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section is investigating the years fourth vehicle crash with a fatal injury which happened Monday afternoon at Interstate Highway 37 at Callicoate Road.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a vehicle crash at 5:20pm on the northbound lanes of Interstate Highway 37 headed toward Calallen north of Callicoate Road. Officers learned that a boy had not survived the crash, and Officers requested additional resources which included the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section. Investigators learned that a 25-year-old woman travelled north on Interstate Highway 37 in her Dodge Ram truck in the far right lane when traffic in front of the Dodge truck stopped due to normal traffic issues. The Dodge truck operated by the 25-year-old woman did not slow and struck a Ford Focus driven by a 29-year-old woman who had two children passengers ages 4 and 7. The Ford Focus went into the jersey barrier and then struck a Nissan Titan, which hit a Buick Rendezvous. The rear of the 25-year-old woman’s truck went airborne and sent her truck sideways. The Dodge truck also struck the Titan and Rendezvous. The truck then landed on the driver side, with the passenger side doors faced to the sky. The driver of every vehicle involved in the crash, except for the Rendezvous, was transported to the hospital for medical treatment.

The 25-year-old woman and the driver of the Titan were taken to Northwest Regional with minor injuries. The 29-year-old woman driver of the Focus was taken to Memorial Medical Center and her 7-year-old daughter was taken to Driscoll Children’s Hospital, both with injuries believed to be non-life threatening. The 4-year-old boy in the Focus was killed on impact, as he sat properly restrained in a car seat in the back seat on the side that the Dodge Ram struck. Several witnesses stopped and gave statements to Investigators.

Investigators do not believe alcohol was a contributing factor to the crash.

The 25-year-old woman’s phone was collected as evidence, and Investigators intend to get warrant to search the phone. No criminal charges have been filed related to this case as of 11pm Monday night.

Anyone with any additional information about this crash should contact the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section at 886-2600 during normal business hours.

Community Outreach

Police Remember Fallen Officer Matthew Thebeau

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Corpus Christi Police Officer Matthew Thebeau was killed in the line of duty January 20, 2008 at age 25. Officer Thebeau was killed in a vehicle crash on State Highway 286 near Baldwin Blvd while responding to an assault in progress call at 2:50 in the morning.

Officer Thebeau’s patrol car struck a concrete wall and straddled the barrier for approximately 50 yards until it impacted an I-beam supporting a highway sign. He was ejected from the patrol car and then struck by another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. He was transported to Spohn Memorial Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Thebeau served with the Corpus Christi Police Department for two years and graduated from the 65th Academy Session. A park was dedicated and named in memorial to Officer Matt Thebeau and is located at 3221 Richmond Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78410 near Up River Road and McKenzie Road.

Adam District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Woman Surprised When Police Find A Stolen Van In Her Back Yard

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 22:23
Location: 13300 Hearn
Offense: Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (Penal Code Section 31.07) State Jail Felony
Case Number: 1701110024

Corpus Christi Police recovered a stolen van in the back yard of a home located on the 13300 block of Hearn Road after a neighbor saw the van on the news and called Police.

Corpus Christi Police received a call at 10:23pm from a person who said they saw the van presented on the news as a Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week which the person recognized as in the back yard of their neighbor’s house. Officers met a 30 year old woman at the home and found a van in the back yard which was the stolen vehicle reported on the news. Officers saw the ignition to the van was broken and the van was empty of the contents.

The van was the property of an electric repair company which was reported stolen from an apartment complex located at 5445 Alameda on January 11th. Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers featured the van as a Crime of the Week because of its unique, identifying marks and the contents of tools housed in the van at the time the vehicle was stolen.

Officers impounded the van and identified the residents of the home in which the vehicle was found. No arrests were made as Detectives gather more information to specifically identify a person responsible for the theft.

Detectives would still like any information from the public about this case and if you have any more information to provide, call the Corpus Christi Police Auto Theft Task Force at 886-2600.