Aggravated Robby on 70-Year-Old Female
Corpus Christi Police Department
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (News Release) - On Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 3:35pm, officers were dispatched to the 5400 block of S. Padre Island Drive in reference to a robbery in progress.
Officers arrived and spoke to the 70-year-old female victim who advised a Hispanic male wearing a hunter green shirt and blue jeans approached her in the parking lot. The victim advised that the male displayed a black handgun, pointed it at her and forced the victim to hand over her belongings, to include her car keys. The male offender stole her vehicle and fled the location. The victim was uninjured.
Officers continued their investigation, finding the license plate of the vehicle and began searching for the vehicle. The vehicle’s information was entered into the State’s database as a stolen vehicle. CCPD officers were unable to locate the whereabouts of the vehicle after an exhaustive search.
Later that evening, Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office located and pursued the stolen vehicle. The driver, 21-year-old Jose Garza, was taken into custody in Fayette County, Texas, and was transported and booked into the Guadalupe County Jail. He was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading in a vehicle.
Detectives with the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division are continuing their investigation on the aggravated robbery.
If you have any information that may assist investigators, please contact them at 361-886-2840. You may also call Crime Stoppers at 361-888-TIPS or submit the information online at https://www.p3tips.com/TipForm.aspx?ID=343&C=&T=. Information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn you a cash reward.
