Crime
Men flee police on foot after stolen semi hoax discovered
Two men are facing felony charges after attempting to sell a stolen semi truck and fleeing police. The incident happened over the weekend on Saturday,...
Execution of truck driver convicted of egregious crimes against his young daughter set for tomorrow
A truck driver convicted of severely abusing his daughter is scheduled for execution on Friday. 55-year-old Alfred Bourgeois was convicted of capital murder in 2004...
Dozens of charges pile up against truck driver in I-5 shooting spree
A truck driver has been indicted on dozens of counts related to a rash of interstate shootings that took place on I-5 in Oregon earlier this year.
Semi truck theft is on the rise in the Texas Panhandle, officials say
Three rigs were stolen in Amarillo just this week; but that isn’t the only place experiencing truck theft. A whopping three semi truck thefts have...
Truck driver arrested after fatally striking children exiting school bus
Police in Mississippi have arrested and charged a truck driver following a pedestrian strike that left one child dead and another injured.
Arizona man sentenced for stealing semi from sleeping driver at truck stop
A man accused of waking a sleeping truck driver to steal his vehicle has been sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison.
Truckers who pulled into Indiana weigh station caught with $1.5 million in cocaine
Earlier this week, Indiana State Police (ISP) made a major drug seizure following a routine truck inspection. The drug seizure occurred at the I-94 Eastbound...
Police chase involving stolen tractor-trailer results in fatality
A stolen tractor-trailer rammed into the side of a car on Tenn. Highway 36, killing a Johnson City man. The driver of the...
Trucker’s decades-old discovery of deceased toddler helps in positive ID nearly 40 years later
A young girl found dead in a river by a passing truck driver has been identified after nearly 40 years. The 18-month-old girl, called ‘Delta...
Truckers attempted inspection bypass leads to discovery of 80 undocumented immigrants
80 undocumented immigrants were discovered in the back of a semi truck attempting to bypass inspection at the Texas-Mexico border on Saturday. The immigrants were...
Truckers kidnapped and killed by masked men both had previous cargo theft charges
Two of the three truckers who died after being kidnapped and tortured in south Florida had been previously investigated on cargo theft charges.
Abandoned flatbed yields $63M in illegal drugs
A “preventative inspection” of an abandoned semi truck led to the discovery of $63 million worth of illegal drugs in Mexico on Monday. The discovery...