Kenneth Crone

James Kenneth Crone, often known as Kenneth Crone (August 16, 1941 – February 10, 2011) was a Texas Highway Patrol officer from 1967 to 1978. During his law enforcement career, he was kidnapped on May 2, 1969, by Robert Dent and Ila Fae Holiday and then taken on a slow-moving caravan across south Texas. This event was dramatized in the 1974 feature film The Sugarland Express directed by Steven Spielberg. Crone was an advisor on the film and had a small role as a deputy sheriff.