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News roundup, Oct. 30: FBI seeks missing-person help; FMCSA IT faces scrutiny; another ELD small-fleet exemption application and suspension petition; Uber Freight expands to Canada
FBI seeks information on missing 14-year-old from Virginia. SBTC group seeking ELD exemption, suspensions. Freight-matching brokerage Uber Freight announced Wednesday it is expanding into Canada, with both domestic and cross-border load options available, the company says. Also, DOT’s Inspector General has opened an audit into the security of FMCSA’s IT infrastructure.
October 30, 2019
Business
FBI offering reward for information on fugitive believed to be trucker
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of an Ohio man believed to be working as a truck driver or dispatcher. Izmir Ali Koch was indicted for failure to self-surrender at a West Virginia prison to carry out his sentence.
September 26, 2019
Business
FBI seeks public’s help in locating stolen Florida trailer
The FBI is asking for anyone in the public to come forward with information regarding a tractor-trailer that was stolen from Tampa, Florida. More details here.
February 13, 2019
Voices
Good move, bad timing: Majority of readers approve of FBI director’s firing
In the immediate wake of President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey last week, most readers weighed in on the side of it being the right decision, though the president didn’t go without criticism himself.
May 16, 2017
Voices
POLL: Did Trump make right decision in firing FBI Director James Comey — or not?
Amid an ongoing FBI investigation, among others, into ties beyond Trump campaign associates and Russian interests during last year’s election, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, citing his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation last year. What’s your view: right decision or not?
May 10, 2017
Business
Killer truckers indeed
“The FBI should send out a commendation to every non-serial-killer professional driver on the road that says, ‘Congratulations and thank you for not being a serial killer!'”
August 21, 2013
Channel 19
‘Killer Truckers’ TV special on re-air
On bright spot in the special about the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative is that it delved farther into on-highway crime — that against truckers, and trucking advocates’ efforts to tamp down human trafficking.
August 17, 2013
Business
Pilot Flying J investigation centers on rebate program, PFJ sends note to drivers
The investigation and lockdown of its headquarters apparently “revolve around the application of rebates to a small group of Piilot Flying J trucking company customers,” Pilot says.
April 16, 2013
Business
TWIC fees cut
Applicants for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials will pay slightly less starting March 19.
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Identical trucking twins in National Geographic this month
Part of a feature story in this month’s National Geographic on various aspects of identical twin siblings features in its lead a couple of trucking twins near the lead. Dave and Don Wolf, pictured here in a National Geographic photo by Jodi Cobb (click through the picture for more of Cobb’s excellent work in a […]
January 9, 2012
Channel 19
Combating cargo theft: An interview with Schneider security director Walt Fountain
When I visited Schneider National’s Green Bay, Wis., headquarters in June for the carrier’s 75th-anniversary celebration, I got an up-close look at one of many efforts the company’s put in place over the years to enhance the security of its customers’ cargo in transit and at each of its 15 domestic facilities. Gate-security ground zero […]
November 26, 2010
Channel 19
Reporting cargo theft — balancing act in more ways than one…
Tune in Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern for the Truth About Trucking online radio program with host Allen Smith. My fellow Truckers News/Overdrive Senior Editor Max Kvidera and I will be guests on the subject of cargo theft, the topic of note in the latest, September edition of Truckers News, out now in digital format and […]
August 30, 2010
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