Do You Know These Partners in Crime?

Date:  January 3, 2014, 3:58am
Location:  2763 S. Staples Street
Event:  Burglary of a Building
Case Number:  1401030037

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to identify the individuals involved in the burglary of the Jalisco’s Meat Market.  The suspects gained entry into the building and fled when the burglary alarm sounded.

Video surveillance clips of the suspects have been uploaded to the police department’s CorpusChristiPD YouTube site at http://youtu.be/q74bop8yhAw.

Anyone with any information on the identity of the suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspects are identified and arrested.

Help Us Solve This Robbery and Earn Some Cash

Date:  January 7, 2014, 10:45pm
Location:  5701 Williams Drive
Event:  Robbery
Case Number:  1401070127

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to identify the individual who can be seen arriving in a dark-colored vehicle and entering a local gentleman’s club.  The man befriends a 21-year-old man who is possession of several thousands of dollars.  The man invites the victim to another local gentleman’s club, but stop by a local apartment complex at the man’s request.  Once at the complex, the victim is assaulted and robbed.  Police Detectives would like to identify and speak to the man in the video.

Video surveillance clips of the man have been uploaded to the police department’s CorpusChristiPD YouTube account at http://youtu.be/2hsdZxIyvF4. He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a colored jacket, and dark-colored pants.

If you have any information on this crime or know the identity of the man in the video, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect or suspects are identified and arrested.

Do you know who owns this red truck? Call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS

Date:  January 10, 2014, 4:09pm
Location:  6301 IH 37  http://goo.gl/maps/SW1mw
Event:  Burglary of a Vehicle
Case Number:  131200096

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to identify the driver and passenger in this red pick-up truck.  The suspect can be seen driving through the business parking area, pull over and burglarize a black pick-up truck taking a tool box.

Video surveillance clips of the suspects and suspect vehicle have been uploaded to the police department’s CorpusChristiPD YouTube site at http://youtu.be/ZJULkXzH0vY.

Anyone with any information on the suspect’s identity is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspects are identified and arrested.

Elderly Woman Injured During Purse Snatching

Date: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:32
Location: 1250 Flour Bluff Drive http://goo.gl/maps/31Ov2
Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) 1^st Degree Felony
Case Number: 1401200123

Corpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help identify the individual involved in the robbery of a 70-year-old woman.    The victim told Officers she was walking through the Wal-Mart parking lot when the driver of a black Honda Civic drove by and grabbed her purse.

Surveillance video shows the suspect vehicle and the driver snatching the woman’s purse.  The vehicle can be seen headed northbound on Flour Bluff Drive.  Clips of the surveillance video have been uploaded to the CorpusChristiPD YouTube account at http://youtu.be/s7A3AGwLaX0.

The woman sustained minor injuries, but refused medical treatment.

Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the robber is identified and arrested.

 

Burglary Suspect’s Identity Sought

Date:  January 1,  2014, 03:00am
Location:  2626 S. Padre Island Drive
Event:  Burglary of a Building
Case Number:  1401010081

Man involved in the burglary of Empire Furniture Store

Corpus Christi Police Detectives are asking the public’s assistance to help identify a suspect involved in the burglary of the Empire Furniture For Less.

Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477)  or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspect is identified or arrested.

22-Year-Old Father of Two-Month-Old Arrested

Date:  January 16, 2014, 02:49am
Location:  3533 S. Alameda Street
Event:  Injury to a Child
Case Number:  1401160014

Corpus Christi Police were called to Driscoll Children’s Hospital for an abuse of a child call.  Police arrived to find a two-month-old baby had been brought in by the mother for a welfare check.  The baby was found to be suffering from bleeding to the brain and admitted to the hospital.

The mother told Police she left the child with the father while she went to work.  Further investigation by both the Police Department’s Child Protection Unit and the Texas Child Protective Services revealed the baby’s father was the suspect.  Detectives were able to obtain an arrest warrant for the baby’s father Jimmie Lacour (10/13/91). 

Lacour was arrested and charged with the outstanding warrant for Injury to a Child.  He was booked at the City Detention Center with a bond set at $150,000.

Local Gang Member, Associates Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

Contributedby USATXS-Public Affairs Officer Angela Dodge

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Three men working with the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) to distribute heroin and cocaine in the Corpus Christi area have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alejandro Guerrero, 39, of Corpus Christi, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin after a two-day jury trial in October 2013.

Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden W. Head sentenced Guerrero to a total term of 188 months in federal prison which will be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.

Jose Miguel Zuniga aka Slick, 33, also of Corpus Christi, and Alberto Donicio Galindo aka Crazy Horse, 38, of Laredo, had previously entered respective guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Zuniga and Galindo were also sentenced today to 74 and 24 months in federal prison, respectively. Both will serve three years of supervised release.

The remaining defendants in this case, Ruben Esparza aka Popo, 36, and Ernesto Villarreal aka Crash, 36, both of Robstown, have also pleaded guilty to their involvement in the heroin conspiracy and are scheduled for sentencing in Houston before U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Altas in February.

Jurors in the trial of Guerrero heard testimony that Esparza, a local leader of the TMM, had been receiving shipments of narcotics from Laredo in 2011. Investigators learned of the time and place of drug shipments and witnessed Guerrero meet with a courier from Laredo at a Corpus Christi Walmart on two occasions. After a traffic stop, law enforcement discovered a loaded handgun in the passenger compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle. “Black tar” heroin was also found hidden in a secret compartment of Guerrero’s vehicle.

Galindo was another courier for the Laredo drug source. He delivered 4 ½ ounces of cocaine to Esparza in April 2011. Zuniga, another member of the TMM, admitted to purchasing an ounce of heroin from Esparza in May 2011, which Zuniga then intended to distribute.

All defendants have been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

This case was investigated through a joint effort by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Corpus Christi Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hess.

Citizens In Support of CCPD Host Event

The Citizens in Support of the Corpus Christi Police Department will host the State of the Corpus Christi Police Department titled “Wake Up Corpus Christi”.  The fundraising event will be held on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 7:30-am – 9:00 at the Solomon Ortiz Center with Police Chief Floyd Simpson as the guest speaker.

Chief Simpson’s presentation will start at approximately 8:20 a.m. and conclude at 9:00 a.m.

Jay Wise, Board President for the Citizens in Support of CCPD, organizers of this event, will be available for interviews.

For more information regarding the event visit http://www.supportccpd.org or call Board Member Steve Arnold @ 361.886.3624

Citizens In Support of CCPD

Help Catch These Purse Thieves

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Date: November 11, 2013, 11:52am
Location: 4101 Hwy 77 Access SB
Event:  Aggravated Robbery
Case Number:  1311110073

Corpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help identify two men involved in a purse snatching.  The men were caught on surveillance video during the robbery of a 58-year-old woman.  One of the men knocked the victim to the ground and stole her purse.  The woman suffered minor injuries during the robbery.

Anyone who has any information on this robbery is asked to the Criminal Investigation Division at 361-886-2841.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.  Tipsters will earn a cash reward if the suspects are

Please Help Us Find Missing Elderly Man

Corpus Christi Police are asking the public’s assistance to help locate an elderly man who was reported missing on January 8, 2014.  Neighbors of 78-year-old Albert Compton Almaquer are concerned as they have not seen him at the residence since October 2013.

Almaquer, normally a very reliable employee  was employed as a security guard.  He has not shown up to work for the past three months or picked up his mail.  Police believe there is foul play involved in his disappearance.

If you have seen Mr. Almaquer or know of his whereabouts, please contact Detective R.L. Garcia at 361-886-2841.  If you would like to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at www.888TIPS.com.   Callers will earn a cash reward if Mr. Almaquer is located.

Update:

The Corpus Christi Police Department would like to thank the Media for highlighting our request for help and the community for their thoughts and prayers for Mr. Almaquer.

Mr. Almaquer has been found alive and well.  A friend contacted Detective R.L Garcia and provided Mr. Almaquer’s whereabouts.  Further investigation, revealed Mr. Almaquer had moved without notifying neighbors, family, and friends.