{"id":393681,"date":"2026-07-31T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393681\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:30:08","slug":"affidavit-nashville-man-accused-in-connection-with-san-antonio-robbery-trailer-theft-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393681\/","title":{"rendered":"Affidavit: Nashville man accused in connection with San Antonio robbery, trailer theft investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A 45-year-old Nashville man was arrested Wednesday after investigators linked him to theft and robbery investigations in San Antonio, according to an arrest affidavit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Dario Kozul was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on the following charges, court records show:<\/p>\n<p>aggravated robbery (first-degree felony)<\/p>\n<p>theft of property between $2,500 and $30,000 (state jail felony)<\/p>\n<p>criminal mischief between $750 and $2,500 (Class A misdemeanor) <\/p>\n<p>criminal mischief between $750 and $2,500 (Class A misdemeanor)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the affidavit, Kozul and an unidentified suspect allegedly entered a tow lot business June 26 and assaulted a male witness. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Court documents show Kozul and the other suspect placed the witness inside a \u201clarge dog kennel\u201d and used tow straps to prevent him from escaping. The witness told investigators he felt what he believed to be a gun pressed against himself while he was moved to the kennel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Kozul and the second suspect allegedly stole various tools and other items that belonged to the business, the warrant states. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to investigators, surveillance footage at the lot showed Kozul use a forklift at the business to intentionally damage the front gate and escape with the stolen property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Kozul and his accomplice then loaded the stolen items into a white pickup truck and fled the scene with an unknown third suspect, police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Surveillance footage also showed one of the suspects used a mask to conceal their identity, the warrant states. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Two days after the incident, court documents state that security footage captured the same white pickup truck at a gas station. A generator, which was one of the items stolen from the business, was seen in the bed of the pickup truck, police said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A man in the bed of the truck \u201cappeared consistent\u201d with one of the suspects in the security footage from the robbery, the warrant states. <\/p>\n<p>Connection to other alleged crimes<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Investigators also connected Kozul to a July 7 trailer theft in the 900 block of Peggy Drive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In the affidavit, a SAPD officer wrote that they \u201cimmediately recognized\u201d Kozul as one of the suspects in surveillance video at the business on Peggy Drive, which is approximately five miles away from the location of the June 26 incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The same white pickup truck from the June incident was also captured in the security footage from the alleged July theft, according to the warrant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">During the July incident, police said Kozul allegedly caused more than $2,000 ($2,095) worth of property damage and stole a trailer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Kozul was booked into the Bexar County jail on a combined $150,000 bond. As of Friday, jail records show Kozul remains in custody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A 45-year-old Nashville man was arrested Wednesday after investigators linked him to theft and robbery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[698,294,96,82,84,83,632],"class_list":["post-393681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bexar-county","tag-crime","tag-east-side","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}