Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017, 01:19 AM
Location: 2000 Treyway Lane
Offense: Homicide
Case Number: 1704200013
Corpus Christi Homicide Investigators have advised that Michael Sotelo (05/26/98) is in custody for a murder that occurred last week.
On April 20, 2017 Corpus Christi Police responded to the 2000 block of Treyway Lane for a subject screaming for help. Officers arrived on scene and located a 23-year-old male with a critical stab wound.
Detectives identified Michael Sotelo as the Offender in this Homicide and obtained an arrest warrant for Sotelo.
The United States Marshal’s Gulf Coast Fugitives and Violent Offenders Task Force located Sotelo and took him into custody earlier this evening.
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017
Location: 7100 SPID
Offense: Theft
Case Number: 1702190101
Corpus Christi Police Detectives need you help identifying this theft suspect. The suspect was seen entering the store and walking around. The security camera caught the suspect crawling behind the cosmetic counter and cutting a cord that held a magnetic key used to unlock security cases. The suspect then exits the store and ran from the location.
If you know the identity of this suspect or have any information about this crime please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn you a cash reward.
Date: February 23, 2017
Location: 4500 Leopard
Offense: Theft By Check
Case Number: 1702240060
Corpus Christi Police Detectives need your help identifying this suspect. The female suspect is seen going in to the business and looking around. The female goes up to the counter and pays for a couple of tools valued at approximately $1400 with a bad check. The suspect then leaves the area on foot.
If you know the identity of this suspect or have any information about this crime please call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn you a cash reward.
CCPD Narcotics/Vice Investigators shut down a significant gambling operation on Corpus Christi’s south side Wednesday evening. At approximately 9:00 pm, March 8, 2017, NVID Investigators served an evidentiary search warrant at a residence in the 5400 block of Sugar Creek Drive. The search warrant was the culmination of an extensive long term investigation into illegal gambling at the residence involving “eight liner” slot machines.
During the course of the investigation, investigators gathered evidence that indicated that the operator and employees of the operation were paying out sizeable cash rewards to customers who played the machines, in violation of Texas gambling statutes. Although the operator had taken significant precautions to disguise the illegal operation, which was being run from a home in a quiet residential neighborhood, NVID investigators were able to obtain enough evidence to obtain the evidentiary search warrant; the search warrant allowed investigators to search for and seize gambling equipment, ledgers, cash and other proceeds of illegal gambling activity. Inside the residence, officers discovered and seized over 31 of the machines, along with over $5000 in cash. Sang Kim (6-6-75) was arrested and charged with Keeping a Gambling Place and Engaging in Organized Crime. Diana S. Griffith (11-2-70) was arrested and charged with Keeping a Gambling Place. The investigation is still ongoing.
Date: Friday October 14, 2016, 5:10 PM
Location: 800 Omaha Dr.
Offense: Murder suspect arrested
Case Number: 1610130139
The suspect from the murder at 3500 Bluebonnet has been arrested. Corpus Christi Homicide detectives, U.S. Marshalls and the Corpus Christi Police Patrol Division worked together relentlessly and apprehended the suspect less than 24 hours after the crime. Officers went to the 800 blk. of Omaha Dr. and arrested Andres Garcia (03/08/1962). He was transported to the main station and then to the City Detention Center.
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:07PM
Location: 4300 SPID Westbound
Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death Case # 1609290159
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to an accident involving a pedestrian. Officers arrived as CCFD was transporting the 54 year old male to Spohn Memorial.
Officers were informed that the victim was walking west on the 4300 block of SPID WB. A witness stated that the male might have stumbled into the roadway. When he did, he was struck by a dark truck, which did not stop, and continued west on SPID. The truck left a good amount of debris from the passenger side headlight. The male was taken to MMC, where he succumbed to his injuries. Hit and run investigators arrived and processed the scene.
On September 30, 2016 early in the morning police investigators received a tip in reference the fatal hit and run crash. Officers contacted the 41 year old male suspect at his residence. A black GMC Sierra pickup with damage was located. The suspect was taken to the main police station and questioned. The vehicle was impounded as evidence. Investigators are putting the case together in order to obtain an arrest warrant.
Date: Tuesday September 20, 2016 07:34 a.m. Location: 207 Hustlin Hornet Drive Offense: Terroristic Threats Case Number: 1609200021
Administrators at the Flour Bluff Junior High School checked overnight voicemail on the schools answering machine this morning to hear a message that threatened school buildings and school employees. This message appeared to come from a parent who was quickly identified.
FBISD security and CCPD Officers immediately supplemented the security to the Junior High School and the Elementary School. FBISD parents were notified about the incident by an automated messaging system. The Offender was contacted at his place of employment and interviewed. He was not arrested at this point in the investigation. The investigation will continue with the possibility of criminal charges.
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have obtained a arrest warrant for the attempted kidnapping of a 9 year old girl on 2000 Hudson Street.
Police are looking for Arnulfo Rodriguez Santacruz (06-20-1991). He is 5 feet 11 inches tall weighing approximately 185 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.
Arnulfo was last seen driving a 2001 blue Dodge Stratus, license plate# BZB4208. The car has faded paint on the roof and is missing a Dodge decal on the drivers side door.
The warrant number is 16-FE-00312-JP1-1 and has a $100,000 bond.
If you know his whereabouts or have any additional information about this crime, call Family Violence Investigators at 361-886-2600, call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or submit the information online at http://www.888-TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information results in an arrest it could earn you a cash reward.
Date: Friday September 09, 2016 3:39 p.m.
Location: 2300 Waldron Road Stranger Danger Case Number: 1609090140
On Friday September 9, 2016 a nine year old female student reported that a man that she did not know offered her candy. She reported that this occurred in a school zone on Waldron Road at about 3:39 p.m. She reported that this man appeared to be a Hispanic male in his 20’s and was the passenger in a red pick up truck. Presented below is a video clip that might depict the truck in question.
If you have any information about this incident, please call 886-2840 and reference CCPD Case Number 1609090140 or call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS. You may also submit the information online at http://www.888-TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information results in an arrest it could earn you a cash reward.
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016, 4:00PM
Location: 1600 Hickory Offense: Aggravated Robbery (Penal Code Section 29.03) Case Number: 1609110049
The Corpus Christi Police Department Gang Unit served an arrest warrant today at approximately 4pm this afternoon in the 1600 block of Hickory. The officers arrested Mark Garcia (06-19-1991) for an aggravated robbery warrant with a bond of $200,000.
Garcia is accused of pulling a gun on a employee of a pharmacy in the 5600 blk of Saratoga Blvd. and taking $2,700 dollars worth of drugs. He was transported to the City Detention Center.
Date: 07/10/2016 1:41 AM Location: 2400 Rand Morgan
Offense: Murder
P.C. 19.02 First Degree Felony Case Number: 1607100014
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to the 2400 block of Rand Morgan for a fight to occur at a bar. As officers were en route to the bar, the call was updated to a shooting. Officers arrived and found a 36 year old male deceased from possible gunshot wounds. The suspect(s) fled the scene before officers arrived.
CCPD Detectives and Crime Scene technicians arrived and are processing the scene. Witnesses were transported to the main police station to be interviewed. The investigation is in the early stages and is ongoing.
Anyone who knows any additional information about this crime should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2600. Information about this crime 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.
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