Thieves in Central Texas are making off with food trucks, leaving local business owners in a tough spot.
"I think they just picked the opportune time to do it," said Palmer.
"I’m shocked because it is on a well-traveled highway. It was visible from the highway," said Palmer."We recently closed our restaurant. It was on South Lamar for the last 10 years, and we were going to go back to our roots and open two new locations—one south and one north—and this was one of the trucks we were going to open up in January. So it’s a big setback," said Palmer.
The Saigon le Vendeur trailer was hauled off by a stolen pickup truck. Surveillance video captured the pickup, and the suspect shoplifting at a nearby store. A good Samaritan noticed the trailer near the Travis County Expo Center, and 43-year-old Justin Williams, is now behind bars charged with theft of property and criminal mischief.The Austin Police Department has released surveillance video of a man suspected in the Dec. 11 theft of a food truck trailer and pickup in North Austin.
Back at Gourdough’s, the South 1st Street truck is still serving up donuts, but Palmer is hoping whoever stole the other trailer will have a change of heart.
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