Former Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit

09/30/2023

Another successful career day with CCISD! This time, Commander Mike Tamez and SGT Arturo Gonzalez had the honor of attending Metro Elementary for a career fair packed with some incredibly motivated students. Thank you CCISD Police for allowing us to get involved with this great event. Friends, if these students stay the path, our country will continue being the greatest country in the world.

09/29/2023

Today, Commander Mike Tamez and Sergeant Arturo Gonzalez had the honor of attending the Travis Elementary career fair. Both spoke with children from the 1st all the way through the 5th grade and even had the opportunity to show off equipment used when searching vehicles. Hopefully our representatives did a well enough job that we'll have police officers ready to work from these classes. Again, thank you for the invite Travis Elementary, we truly appreciate this opportunity.

09/11/2023

09/10/2023

Thank you to the Corpus Christi Hooks for recognizing the hard work of our first responder. Representing the Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit was: Commander Mike Tamez and his family, Bishop Police Department Lt. Cris Salazar and his family, Nueces County Precinct Five Constable Sgt. Valerie Garza and her family & Constable Jimmy Rivera, Pct. 3 Sgt. Justin Martinez and his family.
We would also like to say, "Thank you" to every first responder in attendance. We truly appreciate your service and dedication to those we serve.

09/08/2023

On September 6th, 2023 the Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit executed a narcotics related search warrant at a residence on the 100 Blk of West Ave E. This investigation was conducted due to a tip made to Crime Stoppers.

One male was taken in to custody and several baggies containing suspected co***ne were located. This goes to show that when the community helps law enforcement they can absolutely make a difference. If you have a tip about narcotics being distributed in your neighborhood please contact Crime Stoppers.

The NCDA-CIU is comprised of the following agencies:

Nueces County District Attorney's Office

Robstown Police Department

Nueces County Constable's Office Pct 3 (Constable Jimmy Rivera, Pct. 3 )

Nueces County Precinct Five Constable

Bishop Police Department

08/30/2023

On 08/29/23 investigators with the Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit were notified, by members of the Victoria County Sheriff's Task Force, of a vehicle containing 3 subjects that were possibly headed to the Corpus Christi area and involved in criminal activity.

Investigatiors were able to locate the vehicle and developed reasonable suspicion to believe they were involved in retail theft from multiple businesses in the Sinton and Corpus Christi area. A short time later their suspicions were confirmed.

With the assistance of Corpus Christi Police Department Directed Patrol Officers, NCDA-CIU officers conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Staples and Williams Street in the City of Corpus Christi. All three subjects were placed in to custody and evidence linking them to multiple thefts was recovered.

While it is not normally the policy of the NCDA-CIU to post photographs of arrested persons, we have reason to believe there may be other victims in Nueces and San Patricio county. If any of these subjects entered your place of business and paid using a $100 bill, please check the serial number and if it matches the one listed below contact your local police department.

For agencies that believe they have cases involving these three and need more information please contact the Robstown Police department and ask to speak with an investigator with the Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit.

We would like to send a huge thanks to the Victoria County Sheriff's Department Task Force, because without their networking, this would have never come to fruition. This is the result of agencies collaborating and cooperating with one another. It is believed that these 3 have committed these same types of thefts throughout the country as evidence linked to crimes in other states was recovered.

The NCDA-CIU is comprised of the following agencies:

Nueces County District Attorney's Office

Robstown Police Department

Nueces County Constable's Office Pct 3 ( Constable Jimmy Rivera, Pct. 3 )

Nueces County Precinct Five Constable

Bishop Police Department

08/17/2023

The education never stops!

This week Special Investigator in Charge Mike Tamez was privileged to speak in front of hundreds of officers from throughout the United States and Canada at this year's Motor Vehicle Criminal Interdiction Association (MVCI) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

SIC Tamez Is an annual speaker at this conference due to his expertise in discovering cartel compartments and understanding how to decipher truth from lies when interviewing possible smugglers.

Thank you to MVCI for allowing SIC Tamez to share his knowledge with all these officers and for your dedication to the continue education to officers throughout North America.

The NCDA-CIU will see you all next year in Orlando!

08/16/2023

This was a partnership that definitely needed to happen. Within the past year, we have executed 2 search warrants where children were removed by CPS and later tested positive for co***ne and m**h.

Thank you CPS for agreeing to proactively assist us. What we all do matters and saves lives.

Young kids are often found in homes with drugs present, so the county hopes that involving CPS sooner gets children out of dangerous situations more quickly.

08/11/2023

Special Investigator In-Charge Mike Tamez had the honor of speaking with educators and staff from the Robstown Independent School District today. SIIC Tamez spoke about the NCDA-CIU's mission and how we are working to combat the distribution of dangerous drugs in Nueces County.

Thank you to RISD's Staff for inviting our team's leader to speak at this year's in-service, we look forward to returning.

08/10/2023

On Wednesday August 9th, 2023 Members of the Nueces County District Attorney's Criminal Interdiction Unit executed 2 narcotics related search warrants on the south side of Corpus Christi.

The first was executed on a residence on High Arch Ct. In the early morning hours. This warrant was executed with the assistance of multiple agencies and with the use of a low flying helicopter which was seen and reported to news agencies in the area.

The second search warrant was executed on Lake Placid Dr.

As a result of the search warrants, multiple kilos of narcotics were located along with the proceeds of the illegal distribution of said drugs. Also located were multiple fi****ms and packaging materials.

The search warrants were a result of a lengthy investigation by the NCDA-CIU and a direct result of complaints from the communities in which we serve.

Multiple people were arrested and charged with the sales of narcotics.

The NCDA-CIU is comprised of the following agencies:

Nueces County District Attorney's Office

Robstown Police Department

Nueces County Precinct Five Constable

Nueces County Constable's Office Pct 3 (Constable Jimmy Rivera, Pct. 3 )

Bishop Police Department

Special thanks to the Corpus Christi Police Department and Nueces County ESD 2 for assisting us as well this morning.