HPD Blotters

Death Investigation

Officers were dispatched to the area of Veterans Parkway after they received a call about an unresponsive adult male. Officers arrived on scene and spoke with a man and woman who said they came upon the unresponsive man lying on his back next to the sidewalk with a bicycle adjacent to him. Two nurses had arrived on scene and had started CPR. The officers reported the nurses continued applying CPR until EMS arrived. One of the witnesses said it looked like the man had been on the ground for a while and felt cold to the touch. An investigation into the matter was turned over to the Detectives’ unit.

Simple battery / Theft by taking

An officer was dispatched to an apartment at 100 Regency Place and spoke with a woman who wanted to make a report on her boyfriend. She told the officer she had purchased a pair of sneakers for her boyfriend’s birthday. She said the shoes cost $200. She reported before he arrived at her apartment to get his gift, they had a verbal dispute so she changed her mind about gifting him the shoes. 

When the boyfriend arrived at her residence, he saw the shoes and grabbed the box. She told him they are not his and grabbed the box as well. While they both had the box one of the shoes fell to the ground and he picked it up. When she tried to retrieve the shoe, he pushed her into the closet. The woman reported she wasn’t injured but he was able to leave the apartment with the one shoe.

Accidental discharge

An officer responded to shots fired at an apartment complex. While en-route to the call the officer was notified that another call came in about sots from a man in the downstairs apartment of the original complainant.

The female complainant said she was in her bedroom changing when she heard a loud pop. She said she walked into her living room and observed a bullet hole in the ceiling and in the wall behind her couch. She said soon after she heard the loud noise, her downstairs neighbor was knocking on her door. She said she was afraid to open the door so she called the police. The officer did notice the pattern of the bullet and found the bullet in the woman’s closet door. The bullet was collected as evidence. While speaking with the woman a second officer went to speak with the downstairs neighbor. The man said he was cleaning his Glock 17 in his living room. He said he was trying to disassemble the handgun. He said he accidentally squeezed the trigger and the handgun went off. He explained he immediately went downstairs to check on his neighbor but she would not open the door. He explained he went back to his apartment and called 911.

Simple Battery.

It was more than just Mexican food being carried out of the Rodeo’s Mexican Restaurant on Aug. 7. Police were called when a man physically carried his girlfriend out of the restaurant and placed her in his Jeep. The restaurant owner noticed a scuffle happening at one of his tables and saw the man carry the woman out to the car. The owner followed to ask if they planned to pay for their meal. The owner then realized the woman was someone he knew and she was asking for someone to help her and call the police. When officers arrived the woman said she and her boyfriend, who had been away for seven months, went out for dinner. During their date he kept asking to see her cell phone and accusing her of cheating on him. She said the argument started inside the restaurant until her boyfriend picked her up and carried her to the Jeep. She said the boyfriend then stood by the car door so she couldn’t get out. The boyfriend said the woman was acting different toward him, texting people during their dinner date. He said she was being vague with her replies and then refused to talk to him. He said he grabbed her arm to walk her out of the restaurant but she pulled away. So, he picked her up and carried her outside. The man was arrested.