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Posted 02/25/2010 8:15 PM by Andy Liscano

CORPUS CHRISTI - We asked Chip Baish and Gerald Garcia with the city's Wastewater Department to meet us at Ted Gonzalez's home.  We wanted their expert opinion on why Gonzalez's backyard was flooded.  "We're having the same issues all over town. Yeah. Yeah. There's alot of high water all around the city right now. The ground's still saturated from all the recent rains," the Wastewater reps told us. 

     Gonzalez told us he's lived in this house… Click to Read More

Posted 02/17/2010 9:24 AM by Anthony Garcia

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - An elderly man who suffers from Dementia wrote thousands of dollars in checks to a man named Rick Mason to repair his home. The man's family says Mason didn't actually do $11,000.00 dollars worth of work.

Mason was supposed to meet Action 10 News at the man's home Wednesday morning, to show us what he did for all the money, but he backed out citing medical reasons. He asked us to give him one more week.

We'll keep you updated.

Posted 02/11/2010 4:49 PM by Anthony Garcia

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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Maria Eyrlas says she is the caregiver and power of attorney for her cousin Simplicio Garcia. We're told Garcia has dementia, and that's why Eyrlas was shocked to find out Garcia wrote thousands of dollars worth of checks to a repairman without her knowledge.

"11-thousand dollars to do this little paint job, and patch the roof? I don't think so," Eyrlas said.

Garcia's house is freshly painted, but there are still rotting boards on the house, and that's som… Click to Read More

Posted 02/05/2010 5:16 PM by Anthony Garcia

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - It's a Troubleshooter report that some call the case of a real life "Cookie Monster," and tonight we have an update.

The Stingerette Twirlers sold hundreds of boxes of cookies to pay their way to a competition, but 39-year old James Campbell, from the company "South Texas Fundraising Solutions, Inc" has still not delivered the cookies the girls payed for back in October of 2009.

Action 10 has learned the Twirlers now have cookies thanks to another com… Click to Read More

Posted 01/26/2010 3:34 PM by Amber Dixon

PORT ARANSAS --

Floor tiles that lift up, a missing bathroom door and a stove and oven that barely work are the current problems Michael Heaton has at his apartment in Port Aransas.

"So, I just want to try and get somewhere, get some help and try and get a stove," said Heaton.

But these problems are just a few of the problems Heaton said he's had since he moved in to Sea Aire Village back in October 2008.

Heaton said when … Click to Read More

Posted 01/22/2010 4:49 PM by Anthony Garcia

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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - A homeowner says a tree is bringing down utility pole wires, and no one wants to fix it.

Ray Garcia says he has called the city, A.E.P., AT&T and the cable companies, but they all say it's not their problem.

"Eventually something is going to happen. It's either going to fall and damage something, and then somebody will be out here to do something about it. But why take a chance on something like that happening," Garcia said.

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Posted 01/20/2010 4:49 PM by Amber Dixon

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ROBSTOWN --

Mary Cano and Criselda Shelton are former co-workers of Rolando's Mexican Restaurant in Robstown.

Wednesday, the women hugged and cried out of frustration, because they said the restaurant shut down Tuesday, and that the owner never paid them their full wages.

"I feel bad," said Shelton. "My heart hurts because of what he did to us."

Shelton said she and Cano are not alone, and that many other employees had gon… Click to Read More

Posted 01/20/2010 12:58 PM by Gabe Vela

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CORPUS CHRISTI -- "All of the heavy rain we had recently, our backyard was like a lake. It was completely underwater."

Adan Delgado took pictures shortly after last week's heavy rains. When the water never drained, he said he called the city three times. Finally, a vacuum truck came out to the neighborhood.

"The vacuum truck hooked up on Elizabeth which is half a block down from us. Some of the water went down, but we still are full of water in our backyard," sai… Click to Read More

Posted 01/15/2010 10:02 AM by Anthony Garcia

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - In December we told you about the case of a real life cookie monster.

The Stingerette Twirlers sold hundreds of boxes of cookies to pay their way to a competition, but their customers remain without as much as crumb. That's because 39-year old James "Jimmy" Campbell from the company "South Texas Fundraising Solutions, Inc" has not delivered the cookies the girls payed him for.

When Action 10 spoke with him in December he said the cookies would be delivered… Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 2:24 PM by Amber Dixon

CORPUS CHRISTI - Javier Cano said his son Xavier was just three months old when CPL Retail Energy shut off their electricity.

"Well, he was three months when they cut my light off, and I was aggravated because I mean, he's three months," said Cano. "And they just didn't want to help."

CPL shut off the electricity, because Cano couldn't pay the electricity bills.

Those bills, though, were being issued to Cano at a commercial rate. That rate is almost double that of a re… Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 2:25 PM by Amber Dixon

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SINTON - Sewage filled Maria Garcia's front yard, and it spilled over from the toilet in her apartment.

These were problems Garcia said she had for over two weeks.

It was during those two weeks that Garcia said she tried calling her landlord, Carolyn George, numerous times to get help.

She said it was only when Action 10 News called George on Saturday that a plumber finally came out.

She said it was not in enough time, though, to save some of her daughter'… Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 2:20 PM by Amber Dixon

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ORANGE GROVE -- Even the toughest four-wheel drive truck has trouble getting down the road. But because it's a private road, neighbors like Phyllis Summerfield are having even more trouble getting anything done about it.

The road is just plain dirt, and it's the only connection between a neighborhood of about 15 homes to the state highway.

Summerfield said whenever it rains, she gets her car stuck.

But driving down the road is just one issue. The other is for children … Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 2:21 PM by Amber Dixon

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ROCKPORT - Five-year-old Thomas seemed to think he could fix the electricity at his house Tuesday, but his mother knew it couldn't even be turned on until piers were put under it.

"As soon as he started putting the piers under it, I could have gotten the electricity," Ronnetta Everingham said.

According to a proposal Everingham gave Action Ten News, a man named Sunday Ortiz was supposed to put 20 n… Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 2:23 PM by Amber Dixon

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Lucio Coronado said he bought a van from Gold Key Auto Sales in March.

He said while the company was making repairs to it, they sold it to another person.

"I mean, it's my van," Coronado said. "I pay for my van; they cannot take my van."

Coronado said he bought the 2000 Dodge Caravan from Gold Key Auto Sales after trading in another van for $1,500.

He said the new van didn't work well, so the car lot took it in for repairs.

He said he w… Click to Read More