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Crime Stoppers has a cash reward for the first person to find this Fugitive and call 888-TIPS

Noe Hurtado (8/12/1973) is wanted in Nueces County for theft.
Noe Hurtado (8/12/1973) is wanted in Nueces County for theft.

Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers has a cash reward for the first person to find Noe Hurtado and call 888-TIPS.

Noe Hurtado is a fugitive and wanted in Nueces County for felony theft. Hurtado is described as a 42-year-old white male who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes, and has a dragon tattooed on his chest.

If you can help law enforcement locate Hurtado, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is confidential and there is a cash reward available if it leads to an arrest.

Bravo District, Patrol Division

Call Crime Stoppers If You Can Identify This Man

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016, 18:00
Location: 3700 Mendenhall Drive
Offense: Attempted Burglary (Penal Code Section 30.02) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1606220125

Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes Detectives would like help from the public to identify a man who is suspected of an attempted burglary while the residents were home on June 22, 2016.

Call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS if you can identify this man.
Call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS if you can identify this man.

A 51-year-old man reported an attempted burglary at his home on the 3700 block of Mendenhall Drive on June 22, 2016 to the Corpus Christi Police. The 51-year-old man told Officers that an unknown man attempted to enter his residence without permission. The 51-year-old man told Officers that he and a 51-year-old woman were at home when they were alerted by a noise from the front door. The 51-year-old man told Officers that they had just gotten a new camera system which is located near the front door frame and now have a number-button combination lock on their front door. The 51-year-old man told Officers that he looked through his phone to look at the camera feed back and saw a live feed of the man at the front door, pressing buttons on the key pad. The 51-year-old man told Officers he spoke to the strange man through the new security system and once he began to speak to him, the unknown man went away from the house. The 51-year-old man described the unknown man to Officers as an adult male who was about 5 feet 9 inches tall, and wore a black hat with the letters “RVCA” written on the hat, a maroon shirt and shorts with facial brown hair.

The 51-year-old man told Officers he believes that this unknown man might be the person who had broken into their residence a few weeks before in reference to case #1606080111.

If you can identify this man, or have any additional information about this crime, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Charlie District, Delta District, Patrol Division

Patrol Report June 26, 2016

The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 2,538 calls for service and generated 419 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. June 24 to 4:00 p.m. on June 26, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.

Date: Sunday, June 26, 2016, 2:10am
Location: 2623 Baldwin Boulevard
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02) 2nd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1606260019

Corpus Christi Police arrested 22-year-old Jorge Hernandez (3/21/1994) for shooting four people in a nightclub located at 2623 Baldwin Boulevard Sunday morning.

A Corpus Christi Police Officer investigated a robbery related to Case # 1606260011 at the intersection of Baldwin Blvd and Greenwood Drive at 2:07am when he heard several gunshots that sounded like it came from Bonanza nite club (2623 Baldwin Blvd). The Officer then observed several people leaving the club and yelling that someone was shooting a gun.

The Officer responded to the club and was directed inside to the shooter. The Officer challenged the shooter in the club, and Jorge Hernandez surrendered immediately. Witnesses told the Officer that Hernandez was involved in a fight in the club and then Hernandez displayed the handgun and shot four people. The Officer arrested Hernandez for four counts of aggravated assault and delivered Hernandez to the city detention center.

The four injured people are all expected to survive their injuries.

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2016 22:09
Location: 5802 Everhart Road
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1606250151

Corpus Christi Police arrested 25-year-old Isaac Sauceda (7/19/1990) for aggravated robbery that happened at an apartment complex located at 5802 Everhart Road Saturday night.

A 25-year-old man told Officers that he exited his vehicle and was approached in the parking lot by an unknown man with a handgun who demanded his money and phone. The 25-year-old man told Officers the unknown man was dropped off in a white sedan, driven by an unknown woman, that was parked just as the 25-year-old man arrived. The 25-year-old man told Officers he pulled out his wallet and handed it to the suspect along with his cell phone. The 25-year-old man told Officers the man was disappointed by the lack of money in the wallet and noticed there was a debit card in the wallet. The 25-year-old man told Officers Another unknown man ran up from another apartment building where they demanded the PIN and told the 25-year-old man to get into the white sedan to take them to an ATM to withdraw money. The 25-year-old man told Officers he stated he had no money in his account to give to them so the two unknown men forced the 25-year-old man into his apartment where a 21-year-old man was inside watching a movie. The 25-year-old man told Officers that the two unknown men barged into the apartment with the 21-year-old man and ordered him to remove the televisions and place them next to the door. The 25-year-old man told Officers that the initial suspect with the gun held him at gun point in the living room while the second suspect rummaged through the apartment. The 21-year-old man told Officers he observed an opportunity to escape through the front door while the suspects were distracted and he did so, running to a neighbors apartment.

Officers searched the area and developed information to locate Isaac Sauceda at an address on the 4000 block of Panama and then arrested Sauceda for aggravated robbery, a first degree felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. Officers delivered Sauceda to the city detention center and continue to investigate to capture any other person responsible for this crime.

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2016, 12:26am
Location 4400 Mount Vernon Drive
Offense: Kidnapping (Penal Code Section 20.03) 3rd Degree Felony
Case Number: 1606250010

Corpus Christi Police are investigating a kidnapping complaint that happened on the 4400 block of Mount Vernon Drive.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a home on the 4400 block of Mount Vernon at about 12:30am Saturday when a 51-year-old man told Police his 16-year-old daughter was taken against her will by a 17-year-old man Saturday morning.

The 51-year-old man told Officer that the 17-year-old man is the ex-boyfriend to his 16-year-old daughter and the two teenagers have a child together. The 51-year-old man told Officers that the 16-year-old girl received several texts from the 17-year-old man who requested a meeting, and then the 17-year-old showed up across the street from the residence of the 51-year-old man, and the 16-year-old girl went out to speak with the 17-year-old man. The 51-year-old man told Officers that he heard his daughter scream and saw the 17-year-old man grab the 16-year-old girl by the arms and drag her into a 2007 red Toyota Tundra truck. The 51-year-old man told Officers the step mom of the 17-year-old man was in the front passenger seat, and the dad of the 17-year-old man was the driver of the truck at the time of the event. The 51-year-old man told Officers the truck drove away with the 16-year-old girl. The 51-year-old man told Officers he tried to stop the truck as it left, but he was knocked to the ground and suffered minor injuries.

Officers went to several addresses and found the 16-year-old girl at 4:30am. The 16-year-old girl told Officers she was not abducted. The 16-year-old girl told Officers the argument was between the 17-year-old man and her father because they dislike one another.

The 16-year-old girl was returned home safe. No criminal charges have been pursued.

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.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division

Detectives Capture Murder Suspect for June 8th Homicide

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 22:51
Location: 1900 Gaslight Lane
Offense: Murder (Penal Code Section 19.02) 1st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1606080177

Corpus Christi Police Homicide Detectives captured 28-year-old Lance Taylor (11/28/1987) at an apartment located at Holly and Weber yesterday afternoon as a suspect for a murder that happened earlier this month.

Corpus Christi Police responded to the 1900 block of Gaslight Lane on June 8, 2016 at 10:51pm after a fisherman found a partially burned lifeless body of an adult woman in an open area near the Oso Bay.

Detectives gathered evidence and information which led them to identify 28-year-old Lance Taylor (11/28/1987) as possibly responsible for the homicide. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Taylor on  June 17th for murder.

The United States Marshal’s Gulf Coast Fugitives and Violent Offenders Task Force located Taylor at 3942 Holly Road at 4:50pm Monday afternoon as Taylor left an apartment and walked to his truck. The Task Force captured Taylor and delivered Taylor to the city detention center.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Police Investigate Threats Which Prompt School Lock-down

Date: Friday, June 17, 2016, 9:32am
Location: 2505 Waldron Road
Offense: Terroristic Threats
Case Number: 1606170063

Corpus Christi Police are investigating a terroristic threats complaint Friday morning which prompted a lock down of Flour Bluff High School.

A 38-year-old woman reported the threat to Corpus Christi Police Friday morning and explained that she was a concerned parent who saw the threat on her daughters Twitter feed.

The 38-year-old woman told Officers a 17-year-old male former school acquaintance of her daughter got involved in an argument on Twitter. The 38-year-old woman told Officers it appeared to her that personal comments upset the 17-year-old man.

Officers responded to Flour Bluff high school to inform staff of the vague threat which may have involved the High School as a target of a violent action. The school only had the Latchkey program on campus which included 110 students and staff.

Corpus Christi Police Officers stayed on the campus for guard duty while this case was investigated.  Officers learned that the 17-year-old man had transferred to the Corpus Christi Independent School District, and Officers contacted the Chief of School District Police who responded with assistance. Corpus Christi Police contacted the 17-year-old man at a different part of town from the school at 12:07PM for an interview, and the school lock-down was lifted.

The 17-year-old man was released, but Corpus Christi Police continue to investigate this terroristic threats complaint. Anyone with any additional information about this case should contact the Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is entirely confidential.

Community Outreach

Crime Stoppers Wants Public Help to Find Fugitive

Call Cathy (7/8/1989) Wanted for Possession of a Controlled Substance
Calli Cathey (7/8/1989)
Wanted for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Photo taken May 16, 2016, 10:30am)

Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers has a cash reward for the first person to call 888-TIPS and provides information that leads law enforcement to locate 26 year old Calli Cathey.

Cathey is a fugitive with a Nueces County Warrant for arrest for possession of a controlled substance. Cathey is described as a 26 year old white female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 110 pounds, red or brown color collar length hair, brown eyes, with a scar on her left arm and a tattoo on her back. Cathey had a last known address on the 400 block of Hailey Road in Rockport, Texas.

Anyone with information that can help law enforcement locate Cathey 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.

Bravo District, Criminal Investigations Division

Police Investigate Bank Robbery on Staples Street Thursday Afternoon

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016, 13:46
Location: 5444 Staples Street
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
Case Number: 1606090081

Corpus Christi Police responded to a complaint of a bank robbery at 5444 Staples Street Thursday afternoon.

Responding Officers learned that two men went to the Members First Federal Credit Union at 1:45pm and took money by force from the bank tellers. One man went into the lobby to approach the tellers while the second man stood at the door. The man who went into the lobby wore red shorts, a gray long sleeve hoodie shirt, gloves and a white mask. The man in the red shorts approached each of the tellers of the bank, displayed a handgun, and demanded money from the till. The second man wore a mask and gloves and stood watch at the door. The tellers gave money in a bag to the man in the red shorts and the two men left the bank and ran south toward Tanglewood Drive where they may have gotten into a maroon pickup truck.

There was one customer in the bank at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported. The Corpus Christi Robbery/Homicide Detectives, forensics services, and federal investigators arrived at the scene to gather information and evidence.

Crime Stoppers 2015 logo

Anyone who can identify anyone involved in this robbery, or has any additional information about this crime should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Crime Stoppers guarantees to keep the identity secret of anyone who provides information and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn the caller a cash reward.

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Community Outreach

Crime Stoppers Celebrates 35 Years In Texas

Texas Crime Stoppers 35th AnniversaryCrime Stoppers celebrates 35 years of operation in Texas today after its start on June 8, 1981. Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers formed its own group on October 28, 1981.

Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization certified by the Governor’s office and widely supported by funding from donations and supported by the local media. It consists of a dedicated, non-paid volunteer board working with a Corpus Christi Police Coordinator who act as liaisons between the Board, the Police Department, other law enforcement agencies and the media. Crime Stoppers provides an avenue for the citizens of Corpus Christi to report crimes anonymously through the use of a hotline and pays rewards to anonymous tipsters.

Crime Stoppers began after a university student was killed during a gas station robbery in July, 1976 in Albuquerque New Mexico. After six weeks of investigation the police had very few leads as to who was responsible. Albuquerque Police Detective, Greg MacAleese, thought that if the public was able to observe a reenactment of the crime on television this may lead to a citizen providing information that may lead to an arrest. Greg MacAleese was right. A caller contacted the police department the next day after seeing the reenactment. The tip information was enough to lead the police to the two men who were responsible. Within seventy two hours of the reenactment being aired, the police had solved the murder. This was the beginning of Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers spread to Texas on June 8, 1981, and then reached Corpus Christi which started its own non-profit group on October 28 of the same year.

Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers approved $45,930 dollars in rewards for solutions to 114 crimes in Corpus Christi in 2015. Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers has approved $19,910 dollars in rewards for the solutions to 36 crimes in Corpus Christi in 2016 as of June 8, 2016.

Crime Stoppers guarantees to keep the identity secret of anyone who provides information to Crime Stoppers. Anyone who has information about an unsolved crime, or knows the location of a fugitive should call 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. If the information leads to an arrest, it may earn the caller a cash reward.

Community Outreach

Crime Stoppers Approves $2,980 In Rewards Last Month To Solve Crimes

The Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers approved $2,980 dollars in rewards at their monthly meeting last week for anonymous tips which gathered six arrests in Corpus Christi last month.

These six arrests were because someone called Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submitted the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com to provide information which led to the resolution of criminal cases that may have otherwise gone unsolved without the help from the community. Crime Stoppers guarantees to keep the identity of the caller anonymous, so the Crime Stoppers rely on the tipster to call back to get the information to collect the reward. The following arrests were the result of Crime Stoppers tips:

Zachariah Purcel
Zachariah Purcel (2/22/1989)

May 31, 2016, 27-year-old Zachariah Purcel was arrested for Possession of Marijuana with Case #1605310152 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. The approved reward is for $380 dollars.

Kyle Fisk (7/13/1993)
Kyle Fisk (7/13/1993)

May 27, 2016, 22-year-old Kyle Fisk was arrested for two counts of possession of controlled substances with Case #16002690 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. The approved reward is for $420 dollars.

Robert Gonzales (5/22/1984)
Robert Gonzales (5/22/1984)

May 27, 2016, 32-year-old Robert Gonzales located as a fugitive for two Aggravated Assault Warrants with Case #16002689 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. The approved reward is for $660 dollars.

Alberto Fuentes (5/26/1989)
Alberto Fuentes (5/26/1989)

May 15, 2016, 26-year-old Alberto Fuentes was located as a fugitive for manslaughter with Case #1605150073 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. This warrant was related to a Driving While Intoxicated crash on Belton and Sarita on March 4, 2016 which killed a woman. The approved reward is for $740 dollars.

Crystal Pena (9/10/1987)
Crystal Pena (9/10/1987)

May 12, 2016, 28-year-old Crystal Pena was located as a fugitive for Driving While Intoxicated with Case #16004442 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. The approved reward is for $400 dollars.

Cassandra Gutierrez (10/30/1988)
Cassandra Gutierrez (10/30/1988)

May 6, 2016, 27-year-old Cassandra Gutierrez was arrested for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle with Case #16002336 based on a Crime Stoppers tip. The approved reward is for $380 dollars.

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The Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers have approved $19,910 dollars in rewards for 2016 and only 12 rewards in the amount of $8,940 dollars have been collected. Crime Stoppers wants the tipsters to collect the rewards, so if you have made a Crime Stoppers tip and believe it may have led to the capture of a criminal, call 888-TIPS on Thursdays from 10am to 4pm and refer to the tip number you were provided to check on the status of your tip.

Anyone with information on unsolved crimes, or the location of a fugitive should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS at any time or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. If the information leads to an arrest, it could earn you a cash reward.

Charlie District, Criminal Investigations Division, Patrol Division

Cops Search For Plant Thief

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 10:15am
Location: 1000 Barracuda Place
Offense: Theft
Case Number: 1605250118

Corpus Christi Police Property Crimes would like help from the public to identify and locate a man who stole plants from the front porch of a house on the 1000 block of Barracuda Place last Wednesday.

A 42-year-old man reported the theft of three plants from his front porch to Corpus Christi Police at 5:40pm on May 25th.  The 42-year-old man provided surveillance video images of an unknown man who drove a pickup truck into the driveway of the 42-year-old man’s home at about 10:50am. The 42-year-old man told Officers two men got out of the truck, walked up to the porch, and, without permission, took three plants valued at about $150 dollars.

The 42-year-old man told the Officers the driver of the pick-up was an adult male about 40 years old, 200lbs, with black hair, black mustache, medium skin tone, and wore a blue shirt and blue jeans.
The 42-year-old man told Officers the passenger was an adult male, about 30-35 years old, 200-210 lbs, bald, medium skin tone, and wore a green plaid button shirt and blue jean shorts. The 42-year-old man told Officers the men used a vehicle described as an older model Ford F-150, tan in color, extra cab and appears to have a large dent on the back right quarter panel  between the wheel well and the tailgate.

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Anyone who can identify this man, or has any additional information about this theft should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is confidential and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn the caller a cash reward.