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Highway Justice, Episode 1: Suspicion surrounds Jake Brakefield after cargo theft, suicide by truck

Overdrive Staff

Jan 22, 2018

Updated Jan 28, 2018

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See all episodes of Highway Justice at OverdriveOnline.com/Justice

See Episode 2 Thursday, Jan. 25.

Read Highway Justice from the beginning.

Robert 'Rocket' Miceli hauls heavy and specialized freight with this 2004 Peterbilt 379. This photo was taken when he picked up the Hitachi excavator stolen while his truck was in the shop for an engine repair.

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