Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force

Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force The Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force (ACTF) was established in March 1993.

This multi-jurisdictional collaboration aims to combat auto theft and auto related crimes in the Gulf Coast region of Texas.

FREE ETCHING TODAY!! Come by and get your catalytic converter etched for free today between 9AM-6PM.We will be here to a...
06/19/2026

FREE ETCHING TODAY!!
Come by and get your catalytic converter etched for free today between 9AM-6PM.
We will be here to answer any questions you may have as well regarding catalytic converter theft. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
๐Ÿ“ 1620 Gill Road Dickinson, Texas ๐Ÿ“

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06/09/2026

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐——๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

On June 8, 2026, ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿต and ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿญ, both of Hitchcock, Texas, arrived at the ๐—š๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ to obtain a 68-A vehicle inspection for a bonded title.
During the inspection, a task force investigator discovered both individuals to be in possession of multiple crack co***ne pipes and approximately ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต.๐Ÿฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

The Galveston County District Attorneyโ€™s Office accepted charges of ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (Penalty Group 1, 4gโ€“200g), a second-degree felony. Both individuals were transported to the ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น, where bonds were set at $75,000 each.

While the Task Force is always available to assist the public, we recommend ensuring youโ€™re not in possession of illegal narcotics before voluntarily visiting a law enforcement facility.

The ๐—š๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ is a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional unit funded by the ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† (๐— ๐—ฉ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—”). Participating agencies include the Galveston County Sheriffโ€™s Office, Galveston Police Department, La Marque Police Department, and the Brazoria County Sheriffโ€™s Office. The task force conducts criminal investigations, crime prevention initiatives, and provides analytical support to law enforcement agencies throughout the region.

TODAY!! Come to Saba Motors for FREE catalytic converter etching!
06/05/2026

TODAY!! Come to Saba Motors for FREE catalytic converter etching!

Catalytic converter etching makes it more challenging for thieves to sell stolen catalytic converters, as the marked parts can be easily identified. On Friday, June 5, we are proud to partner with the Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force to offer this important service for free at Saba Motors.

Contact us at (409) 643-5720 to schedule an appointment for this free service on June 5.

Catalytic Converter Etching is offered for FREE through our task force. Always be on the lookout for events we do or cal...
06/04/2026

Catalytic Converter Etching is offered for FREE through our task force. Always be on the lookout for events we do or call the office if you are interested. This takes just a few minutes and can help you a lot in the long run!

06/04/2026

For anyone needing a VTR-68A inspection, please keep in mind that our office only does inspections for GALVESTON and BRAZORIA county.
Surrounding Harris County cities (Friendswood, Seabrook, Kemah, etc....) are also welcome.

These inspections are by appointment only, and you MUST have a Valid Driver's License for the inspection to be done.

If you have any questions, or need an appointment, feel free to call our office or visit the link on our page for more information and scheduling! ๐Ÿš—

06/01/2026

๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

On June 1, 2026, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž (OCTF) ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ as part of an ongoing investigation into ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ and ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ associated with ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. The coordinated enforcement action was conducted to disrupt and dismantle a long-standing illegal gambling enterprise operating within the ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž and surrounding areas.

๐’๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:

โ€ข Gold Chest โ€“ 5307 IH-45, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข Pig Pen โ€“ 5309 IH-45, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข TJโ€™s โ€“ 4320 IH-45, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข Rustyโ€™s โ€“ 228 Lake Road, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข Purple Building โ€“ 1002 Main Street, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข Double Diamond โ€“ 116 State Highway 3, La Marque, Texas
โ€ข 24/7 โ€“ 22430 W. Highway 6, Alvin, Texas

Additionally, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. These locations included a residence associated with the owner and operator of the Gold Chest game room and a warehouse believed to be utilized for the storage and distribution of illegal gambling machines:

โ€ข 202 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 806, Sugar Land, Texas
โ€ข 5200 block of Kendall Ridge Lane, Sugar Land, Texas

Detectives also executed ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ as part of the ongoing financial component of the investigation.

At this time, members of the ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž and the ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ'๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ and ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ remain on scene conducting investigative operations. The investigation remains active and ongoing.

Information regarding arrests, criminal charges, and evidence seized during the ex*****on of these warrants ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.

The ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following agencies during this operation:

โ€ข Harris County Sheriff's Office
โ€ข Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
โ€ข Galveston Police Department
โ€ข League City Police Department
โ€ข Galveston County District Attorney's Office
โ€ข Brazoria County Sheriff's Office

What a terrific turnout today partnering with League City Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM for free etching ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Catalytic Convert...
05/28/2026

What a terrific turnout today partnering with League City Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM for free etching ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Catalytic Converter Etching does NOTHING but work in your benefit!

THURSDAY!! Come out for free etching and take a look at their inventory while you're there! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿš—
05/26/2026

THURSDAY!! Come out for free etching and take a look at their inventory while you're there! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿš—

๐Ÿ””EVENT UPDATE๐Ÿ””
The official date change is this Thursday, May 28th, 2026! ๏ฟผ

๐Ÿšจ Protect your ride with FREE VIN Etching! ๐Ÿšจ
The Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force will be at League City Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM on Thursday, May 28th, 2026 offering FREE VIN etching for anyone who wants it! ๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿš—

โœ… Helps discourage theft of critical parts like catalytic converters
โœ… Assists law enforcement in solving crimes
โœ… Quick & easy โ€” takes about 20 minutes!

๐Ÿ“ Location: League City Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM, 3380 Cross Colony Dr, Dickinson, TX 77539
๐Ÿ“… Date: Thursday, May 28th, 2026
โ˜Ž๏ธ 281-488-4060

Stop by and take an extra step toward protecting your vehicle! ๐Ÿ™Œ

NEXT FRIDAY!! If you are local to the area, come out and have your catalytic converter etched for free!
05/26/2026

NEXT FRIDAY!! If you are local to the area, come out and have your catalytic converter etched for free!

Catalytic converter etching makes it more challenging for thieves to sell stolen catalytic converters, as the marked parts can be easily identified. On Friday, June 5, we are proud to partner with the Gulf Coast Auto Crimes Task Force to offer this important service for free at Saba Motors.

Contact us at (409) 643-5720 to schedule an appointment for this free service on June 5.

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1620 Gill Road
Dickinson, TX
77539

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
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Friday 8am - 5pm

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