A female former state parole officer was arrested Wednesday afternoon for harboring her wanted boyfriend from federal agents.
Corpus Christi police officers, along with U.S. Marshalls, were watching the female's home located in the 5700 block of Bobalo Drive looking for a man who was wanted on a federal parole violation warrant.
When officers observed a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze leaving the house with three people inside, they stopped the car. Inside the vehicle they found the wanted person they were looking for, 38-year old Ernest Grimaldo. The female, 39-year old DeAnn Villalobos, was driving the car and her 13-year old son was in the backseat.
When agents and officers went to take the wanted person into custody, one of the agents was struck in the face with a punch thrown by the young man who was sitting in the back seat. He was arrested and taken to the Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center for assaulting a federal agent.
The wanted man physically resisted officers' attempts to take him into custody. After a brief struggle he was arrested. In addition to the outstanding warrant for his arrest, he was additionally charged with resisting arrest.
The female was arrested for hindering apprehension of a known felon, a third degree felony. She was additionally charged with unlawful carrying a weapon when officers found a 380 caliber handgun in her purse.
