Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Logbook 76 | Overdrive | September 2015 (Continued from Page 21) Carlson Logistics_OVD1113_PG.indd 1 10/22/13 2:52 PM SAFE, DEPENDABLE DRIVERS Barlow drivers are eligible for our lease purchase program from day 1 with no money down… allowing YOU to control YOUR Career. • Accepting OO's & Company Drivers • OO's Average $1000+ a Week • 2012 & Newer Equipment • All Miles Paid Loaded & Empty • Paid Orientation, Safety Bonus & Holiday Pay • Referral Bonus up to $1000.00 • 401(k) Retirement Program • Health, Dental & Vision Options • Run in 48 States 888.213.9968 • www.driveforbarlow.com 1305 Grand DD SE Faucett, MO 64448 Untitled-3 1 6/8/15 2:49 PM A WOMAN ENTERED unlocked truck cabs at the TA and Pilot truck stops on Baker Road off I-94 near Ann Arbor, Mich., and stole wallets, cash and credit cards while drivers slept, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff's office. The first in- cident occurred July 15, and the most recent incident at press time was reported Aug. 5. A truck's forward-facing camera captured an image of the suspect. Those with information are asked to call 734-973-7711. FIVE PEOPLE were found guilty in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., in connection with a widespread fraudulent commercial driver's license test-taking scheme that took place at five test centers. Conspiring CDL applicants paid facilitators between $1,800 and $2,500 for pencils with encoded miniaturized test answers and a Blue- tooth headset to use as a communications device with an external test-taker. A DRUG TEST collection agency owner in Tyler, Texas, was sentenced to perform 40 hours of community service and pay $2,790 in restitution for submitting false documents to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Andy Garr, owner of Compliance Ser- vices of East Texas, would forge drug test results by using letterhead from the lab and falsifying the doc- tor's signature. AN ALABAMA TRUCKING company was ordered last month to pay $113,000 in back wages and damages following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department. DOL investigators found that Fitzhugh Contracting, a log- ging and trucking contractor based in Gallion, violated the overtime and record- keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN was indicted in U.S. District Court on July 29 and charged with four counts of illegally transporting hazardous ma- terials without a commercial driver's license, hazmat endorsement, placards or shipping papers. Lewis Niles of Whitefield was charged with transporting more than 2,400 gallons of flammable liquids in plastic totes. A TRUCK DRIVER was sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution. Tony Eugene Wadlow, 56, of St. Joseph, Mo., a self-employed driver doing business as Prideco LLC, is a registered sex offender who was convicted in 1997 of sex-related charges. He also has prior felony convictions for being a felon in posses- sion of firearms and possess- ing methamphetamine.