Law enforcement: Truck stolen from Domain used in human trafficking incident

Brianna Hollis
·2 min read

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Randy Glenn went to the Domain with his family last year, he returned to the parking lot to find his truck missing.

“My son said ‘Oh my gosh, the truck is gone,'” Glenn told us.

He said he ultimately got a call from the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office saying his truck was in impound there. Kinney County is a border county west of San Antonio.

Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe confirmed with KXAN over the phone that law enforcement arrested the individuals who stole the truck in connection to a human trafficking case.

“[The suspects] removed the rear seat, the interior,” Glenn said. “There was barbed wire wrapped around the wheel here because they ran through a fence.”

Photos of the damage are below.

Damage to Randy Glenn's truck.
Damage to Randy Glenn’s truck. (Courtesy: Randy Glenn)
Damage to Randy Glenn's truck.
Damage to Randy Glenn’s truck. (Courtesy: Randy Glenn)
Interior vehicle damage
Randy Glenn said his back seat was gone when he got his car back. (Courtesy: Randy Glenn).

The Austin Police Department said it’s common for stolen vehicles to be used in other crimes.

Glenn said he supports the police departments and understands the difficulties that these kinds of investigations pose. According to APD, most auto theft cases don’t have eye witnesses or video evidence.

Auto theft on the rise in Austin, nationwide

From Jan. 1, 2022, to Oct. 5, 2023, the Austin Police Department investigated 10,234 auto theft cases, according to data obtained through an open records request.

APD said Texas is consistently ranked as one of the top three states in the country when it comes to auto theft rates.

In about 75% of cases, police recovered stolen vehicles. But that doesn’t mean the cases ended with an arrest. APD cleared 809 of the 10,234 cases with an arrest, averaging just under 8%.

In a statement, APD said the state consistently has some of the most auto theft cases in the country.

In Austin, many suspects are teens who receive little-to-no sentence, allowing them to continually re-offend, APD said.

The below chart highlights the most frequent crimes committed with stolen vehicles or during auto thefts for all of 2022 and most of 2023, according to APD data.

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