Crime
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...
Truckers kidnapped, tortured and killed in Florida
Miami police say that three truck drivers were kidnapped, bound, brutally tortured then shot in the head execution-style. Their bodies were dumped on a...
Gangs target moving trucks ‘Fast and Furious’ style to steal popular PlayStation 5 consoles, D.C. drivers hit by armed robberies
Cargo thieves in the United Kingdom are taking part in rolling heists right out of an action movie in order to secure hard-to-get PlayStation 5 gaming consoles ahead of the Christmas holiday -- and U.S. truck drivers have reason to be on guard.