A Nueces County grand jury indicted Corpus Christi Police Officer Travis Haecker on one charge of theft and two charges of credit or debit card abuse. The charges stem from an investigation into allegations of theft from a local non-profit and use of his city-issued gas card.
Haecker, 32, is accused of stealing approximately $1,200 in cash from the Corpus Christi Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni organization, funds that were designated for a scholarship honoring Officer Vicente Ortiz, Jr. who died after being hit during a funeral procession in 2024.
Corpus Christi Police Officer arrested accused of theft
The grand jury met on Feb. 5 and indicted Haecker on the following charges:
- Theft of property >=$2,500 < $30,000 (theft from non-profit), 3rd degree felony
- Credit card or debit card abuse, state jail felony
- Credit card of debit card abuse, state jail felony
His case has been assigned to the 347th District Court where Haecker is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, March 19.
Haecker also faces a separate Class A misdemeanor charge of misappropriation of fiduciary property between for alleged misconduct between April and May of last year. That case, involving the Corpus Christi Citizens Police Academy Alumni, Inc., is assigned to County Court at Law 2 and will not go before a grand jury…