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Trumbull Man Admits To Scamming Amazon Out Of $3.5M, Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison: DOJ Trumbull Man Admits To Scamming Amazon Out Of $3.5M, Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison: DOJ
Trumbull Man Admits To Scamming Amazon Out Of $3.5M, Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison: DOJ A Connecticut man has admitted to running a fraud scheme that stole more than $3.5 million from Amazon. Ameer Nasir, 25, of Trumbull, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court in Bridgeport last week, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced on May 29.  Prosecutors say Nasir exploited Amazon’s logistics system by creating fake trucking companies and billing the retail giant for transportation jobs that never happened. According to court documents and statements made in court, Amazon Logistics contracts with in…
Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police
Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police A 49-year-old Florida man has died following a hit-and-run on Interstate 78, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, Aug. 24.  Jymel Dejuan Smith of Clermont is a trucker, according to his social media, he had pulled his tractor-trailer over on I-78 West near mile marker 41.5 in Greenwich Township at 4:54 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, PSP Hamburg Trooper Brian Roland detailed in the release.  While standing next to the tractor-trailer another vehicle struck him and fled the scene, Roland wrote. That vehicle was located nearby by Pennsylvania State Police and they arrested the driver 42…
NJ Trucking Company Owner Lied To Pay Lower Premiums, Prosecutor Says NJ Trucking Company Owner Lied To Pay Lower Premiums, Prosecutor Says
NJ Trucking Company Owner Lied To Pay Lower Premiums, Prosecutor Says A 36-year-old Warren Township man who ran a fuel delivery trucking company was arrested and charged on Thursday, May 9, with insurance fraud, authorities said. Rajinder Randhawa was misrepresenting his garage location on a commercial auto policy application, and an audit revealed eight trucks belonging to the trucking company were listed as being garaged in Bridgewater, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald. In truth, the trucks were located in Linden. By stating the trucks were being garaged in Bridgewater instead of Linden on the insurance application, Randhawa paid a mu…
Mayor To State DEP: Why Is Diesel Fuel Cleanup Taking So Long In South Brunswick? Mayor To State DEP: Why Is Diesel Fuel Cleanup Taking So Long In South Brunswick?
Mayor To State DEP: Why Is Diesel Fuel Cleanup Taking So Long In South Brunswick? South Brunswick officials are frustrated with delays in cleaning up after a fuel spill Friday, March 10. Mayor Charlie Carley asked the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for an accounting of the efforts being made to clean up after a tanker truck crashed on Davidson Mill Road. “It has been six days since the crash and I want to ensure that the area is completely cleaned up as soon as possible,” Carley said on Wednesday, March 15. A spokesman for the DEP said about 600 to 1,000 gallons of diesel spilled and was removed the day of the crash. "What remains to be done is…
Truck Driver Facing Charges For Central Mass Woman Found Dead In Georgia Truck Driver Facing Charges For Central Mass Woman Found Dead In Georgia
Truck Driver Facing Charges For Central Mass Woman Found Dead In Georgia A Massachusetts truck driver was arrested in Indiana last week for the murder of a Massachusetts woman who was found dead at Georgia truck stop last month, authorities and reports said.  Jason Palmer, age 45, of Littleton, was arrested at a Sinclair Gas Station of I-70 in Indiana on Wednesday, Oct. 26, according to a release from Indiana State Police. Palmer had multiple warrants out of Georgia regarding the death of 45-year-old Jessica Goodrich, of Worcester.  Goodrich's body was found in the woods off a service road near Roadie's Chevron Truck Shop in Woodbine, GA., NECN reports citing o…
Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding
Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding A tractor-trailer driver from Mississippi died while jumping from his moving vehicle in Western Pennsylvania on Friday, September 9, authorities say.  Alexander Johnson, 42 of Amory, was driving south on Cumberland Road/PA Route 160 in Southampton Township when his tractor-trailer "experienced mechanical failure with its breaks," at 1:43 a.m., Pennsylvania state police say.  He jumped from the moving vehicle and died as the truck continued into a wooded area along the highway, exploding— quickly engulfing the entire cab in flames, police explain in a release.  The truck was heading toward…
Bucks County Native, Harry S. Truman High School Graduate Dies At 39 Bucks County Native, Harry S. Truman High School Graduate Dies At 39
Bucks County Native, Harry S. Truman High School Graduate Dies At 39 Bucks County native Rachel M. Ludwig died on Jan. 3, 2022. She was 39. Ludwig was born in Levittown and graduated from Harry S. Truman High School in 2000 before relocating to Jacksonville, FL, and settling in Bensalem, PA, according to her obituary. She was known for being an expert party planner and an adrenaline fanatic, her obit says. She most recently worked as an Operations Supervisor for a local trucking company, her memorial says. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and grandparents. She is survived by her three children, two grandchildren, two brothers, and ma…
Trucker Killed In Clifton Industrial Accident Trucker Killed In Clifton Industrial Accident
Trucker Killed In Clifton Industrial Accident A truck driver was killed when a load of pipe fell on him Thursday morning at an electrical construction company warehouse in Clifton, responders said. The mishap occurred at Thea Enterprises on Allwood Road shortly before 8 a.m., they said. Colleagues and responders conducted CPR after the out-of-state delivery driver was pulled out from under the load, which had fallen off a flatbed trailer, responders said. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital, they said. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes was expected to release further information sometime Thursday. Clifton police …
RECOGNIZE THEM? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims RECOGNIZE THEM? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims
Recognize Them? FBI Says Long-Haul Truckers Who Kidnapped Women May Have More Victims Two long-haul truckers recently arrested for kidnapping women and demanding ransoms for their release may have also had victims in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among other areas, federal authorities said Wednesday. Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillon, South Carolina, was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, assaulting, imprisoning and tampering with a victim, the FBI announced. Pierre L. Washington, a 35-year-old trucking company owner (God Got Me LLC), was busted in Chicago, Illinois, where he lives, the bureau said. Although the FBI couldn’t specify Washington’s routes, they noted…