Crime
‘Massive interception’: $17.7 million in meth seized from big rig hauling blackberries at Texas border crossing
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs from a commercial truck hauling a shipment of berries. The...
Michigan troopers charge trucker after finding throwing stars, sword, brass knuckles, open containers, and ELD tampering
Michigan State Police (MSP) discovered numerous illegal weapons as well as open containers of alcohol and evidence of Electronic Logging Device (ELD) tampering during...
Commercial truck driver sentenced for illegally collecting $371K in disability, food stamp, and unemployment benefits
A Connecticut man was sentenced to prison for lying to the federal government to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits while earning...
Truck driver charged after hit-and-run on police cruiser on New York State Thruway, troopers say
The New York State Police (NYSP) accused a truck driver of striking a police patrol vehicle on the New York State (NYS) Thruway and...
11 illegal Indian national truck drivers arrested at Arizona border last month
Eleven illegal Indian national truck drivers were arrested at the Arizona border in the month of February. The Yuma Sector Border Patrol arrested 11 total...
Lawyers representing driver in infamous Florida u-turn crash granted request for more time
A judge has granted a request for more time from the lawyers representing the truck driver in the infamous Florida u-turn crash that killed...
Man out on bail after scamming prospective truck drivers out of thousands with fraudulent trucking school
A man is out on bail after being accused of running a fraudulent trucking school and scamming prospective truck drivers out of thousands of...
CMV enforcement at Pennsylvania rest area results in $1.2 million in marijuana products seized from semi truck
Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) seized a shipment of marijuana products discovered during a commercial vehicle enforcement detail at an I-80 rest stop. On March...
Louisiana lawyers expect trucking companies to “send a message” to anyone considering insurance fraud after lawyers’ conviction
Lawyers in Louisiana say that they expect trucking companies will “send a message” to anyone considering insurance fraud through civil lawsuits aimed at fraudulent...
Public Works employee indicted for stealing diesel from New Jersey county for his personal trucking company
A New Jersey man was indicted by a Grand Jury for orchestrating a scheme to steal diesel fuel from Atlantic County to fuel trucks...
Man sentenced to prison for $1 million loan fraud scheme involving two California trucking companies
A California man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on behalf of two...
Trucking owner-operator indicted after federal agents seize $4 million in drugs from Ohio trafficking ring
A trucking company owner-operator was one of three men indicted following a federal investigation into a drug trafficking ring selling methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl...