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Posted 05/11/2010 6:17 PM by Andy Liscano

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FLOUR BLUFF - The Coastal Bend Small Breed Rescue needs help.

They say they had a written agreement with a local contractor to do some work at the rescue. And 5 months later the work's still not done.

The contractor's name is Robert Simmons.

Simmons and Judi Sisson signed an Acceptance of Proposal provided by Simmons. It's dated November 21st of last year. Sisson's executive director of the Rescue. According to the Agreement, the Rescue would pay … Click to Read More

Posted 05/08/2010 12:03 AM by Steven Romo

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Earlier this week we told you about Jeanell Ross. She showed us wastewater dripping from the toilet above her apartment down into her home.

Now, other residents of the Everhart Place Apartments are saying they too are living in some pretty harsh conditions.

"It's at night time when it really gets bad. It sweltering. It's really ridiculous," Angel Boyer said.

Boyer says she has been without heat or air conditioning for six months now. She's even had to … Click to Read More

Posted 05/05/2010 8:42 PM by Andy Liscano

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Jeanell Ross is visually impaired, but she was able to show us the big hole inthe ceiling of her bathroom. She says the maintenance man at the Everhart Place Apartment Complex covered it with plastic Monday.

But Ross says that was only after she complained. "I was sitting on the toilet when a big bubble busted when all that water fell on me."

So you can understand why she called the Troubleshooters.

And listen to what Ross says was in … Click to Read More

Posted 04/25/2010 12:43 AM by Andy Liscano

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BEEVILLE, Texas - Erica Rodriguez already has a darling 3-year-old daughter. Now she's 7 months into another pregnancy. And is due in June.

She also says she's been a TXU customer for 3 years. But at one o'clock in the afternoon on March 24th, they disconnected her electricity. "I was having lunch matter of fact. Getting ready to go back to work when he did it."

And as if that wasn't stressful enough, Rodriguez says her doctor had just told her her pregnancy is… Click to Read More

Posted 04/19/2010 8:10 PM by Andy Liscano

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CORPUS CHRISTI - We have an update on the Troubleshooters we reported last week.

Anthony Stewart claimed his 1996 Chevy Suburban was damaged while in for repairs at Auto Works Unlimited. The list of damages to be repaired was a tail light, mirror, hitch, carpet shampoo, and the rear A-B-S.

Edmund Diaz is the owner of Auto Works Unlimited. He told us he's been fixing cars since he was a teenager. He admitted to Stewart and us that Stewart's vehicle had been damag… Click to Read More

Posted 04/14/2010 8:08 PM by Andy Liscano

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Anthony Stewart says he took his 1996 Chevy Suburban to Autoworks Unlimited for multiple repairs in February.

He showed us the work order. It shows he's paid more than $1000 for some repairs. But he claims he had to take his vehicle back to Autoworks Unlimited for more repairs Easter weekend. And when he went to pick it up a few days later he found towing chains and pulleys in the Suburban. He also claims his hitch was broken. The windshield was chipped. There w… Click to Read More

Posted 04/12/2010 6:18 PM by Andy Liscano

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TAFT, Texas - The Mires home on Peach Street in Taft is in pieces. Generations of the family lived there for some 60 years.

But Barry Mires said once Indigent Healthcare of Sinton told them the house was unliveable becaise it didn't have arestroom, he and his son tore it down piece by piece. But they did so, Mires says, with the understanding with the city of Taft, that they were on a list of residents to get new homes thru a government grant. But they're still waiting for the… Click to Read More

Posted 04/07/2010 6:24 PM by Keaton Fox

SAN DIEGO, Texas -- The problem of illegal immigration has plagued small communities for years, including the small town of San Diego, about 60 miles west of Corpus Christi. And as the weather warms up, officials say the problem will get even worse.

It has already for Tara Galvan. She lives on a small acreage on the the west side of San Diego--and has already seen dozens of suspected immigrants pass through her yard in the last few weeks.

"We're used to it, but it's not like … Click to Read More

Posted 03/12/2010 3:30 PM by Gabe Vela

CORPUS CHRISTI -- The Rodriguez family called the TroubleShooters back in November after they say they paid Mike Woodcock over $5,000 to build a carport.

Measurements were taken, but construction never began on the project.

Today, the Better Business Bureau says it has investigated the company after getting numerous complaints from clients. It was unable to reach anyone, and found Woodcock's business on Leopard Street boarded up.

The BBB says it has information the com… Click to Read More

Posted 02/25/2010 9:15 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 more than 30 years. Never had this kin… Click to Read More

Posted 02/17/2010 10:24 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 5:49 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 6:16 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 company.… Click to Read More

Posted 01/26/2010 4:34 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 5:49 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.

So whose problem is… Click to Read More

Posted 01/20/2010 5:49 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 1:58 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," said Delgado.… Click to Read More

Posted 01/15/2010 11:02 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 3:25 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's bel… Click to Read More

Posted 01/13/2010 3:24 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