Yellow | Gun Heist At YRC Freight In Atlanta!

Over the years working the dock at Roadway, we had casual dockworkers from some government program that were being given work training. We had a casual at one time on some government program that was on a daily work release from the county detention center.
 
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Once again you're full of it. There is no state (as of August 2016) where a first DUI is considered a felony under normal circumstances. You're King Henry all right - king of misinformation.
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In response to this post, stating "there is no state where a 1st offense DUI is considered a felony". I think you should read post # 52. Your statement here is wrong. There are aggravating circumstances in any DUI stop that would (and should) result in a felony conviction (even a 1st offense). Of course deep pockets and connections in high places DO influence jury verdicts or county prosecutors who sometimes reduce or drop the charges altogether.
I will tell you why I am so opposed to any DUI's, no matter if it's 1st, 2nd, or whatever. I live in a small town where everybody knows everybody. A couple years ago, a local wealthy home contractor who was known for heavy drinking, had already gotten a DUI a year earlier, but was driving back to our town at 4 am after another night of heavy drinking at a bar and his girlfriend's house 10 miles away. He crossed the centerline on a straight 2-lane road only 2 miles from where I sit now. A young man, 18 years old, who I also knew, was on his way to work in a nearby town for a 5 am start on his first job and was planning to start college in the fall. Mr "rich contractor" hit him head-on after crossing the centerline. Both vehicles caught fire and both were killed. (The burned spot is still on the highway).That young man had just graduated HS a couple months earlier.
Mr "rich contractor" had been arrested several times before for DUI, but because of "deep pockets" he was able to pay big fines and have his expensive lawyer have charges either dropped or reduced to careless driving or other misdemeanors. The last DUI stuck and only resulted in him losing his licence for a very short time and paying a fine. He also had to get a special licence plate identifying him as a convicted DUI offender- cost $50. The fines, the atty costs and the special plate fee meant nothing to him because he was rich with "connections" in the mostly rural area we live in. Due to that, he also did not have a felony on his record (1st offence as you pointed out), But that did not stop him from killing that teenager with a promising future in a burned out car. That is why I am so opposed to the leniency given to DUI offenders of up to 4 or 5 DUI's over a period of up to 10 years in some states and a lot of them getting off with a "hand slap" because they have money and influence with no jail time or felony charges. I'm glad that Mr "rich contractor" (who I also personally knew) died that night. I only wish he would have hit a tree instead of that young man's car head-on. When I heard all the sirens that early morning, I went out to the scene. I knew both both cars, so I knew who was involved. The volunteer fire dept had just put out the flames, but there was no survivors. They had to wait to retrieve the bodies. If more people could actually SEE the results of a DUI crash and know the victims instead of just reading about it in the paper, they would have different opinions.
 
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Henry j you rock , now Trip has somebody else to argue with besides me, , Trip loves to defend his yrcw , keep up the good work Henry , still bottom line to any job is PAY when hiring good employees !!!
 
Henry j you rock , now Trip has somebody else to argue with besides me, , Trip loves to defend his yrcw , keep up the good work Henry , still bottom line to any job is PAY when hiring good employees !!!

Wong, don't get all giddy, you're still my number one favorite target! You know I'm always lurking here waiting to pounce whenever you post! :hilarious:
 
In my 37 years in the Teamsters I have known of at least two individuals who were convicted of crimes, went to prison, served their time and were allowed to return to work years later and dovetailing in when they returned.
 
In my 37 years in the Teamsters I have known of at least two individuals who were convicted of crimes, went to prison, served their time and were allowed to return to work years later and dovetailing in when they returned.
But what type of crimes? Theft from employer? Felony use of weapons? Repeated minor offences? And what kind of jobs did they come back to? Since the 9/11 terror attack and other attempts to use commercial vehicles as weapons, the laws, background checks and restrictions have been tightened, especially when access to weapons or HAZMAT shipments is involved. Why aren't high value or sensitive shipments (like crates full of weapons) put in a more secure place? They were where I worked. Where did YRC drop the ball? Did they hire Mr Washington (and maybe the other guy) knowing they were convicted felons just to get tax breaks or cheaper labor through gov't programs? Or did somebody just not do a background check because of some other reason? Somebody has some explaining to do. YRC stands to lose a LOT of business because of this bad publicity being put out on all the news services and also used against YRC by the competition. Where is the YRC leadership's position on this? Oh, I forgot - YRC has no leadership.
 
I see that happened 3 years ago but maybe Colt should be more careful how they ship those assault rifles. 7 years ago I had a gaylord from Colt that the BOL said contained metal parts for delivery to the Township of Montgomery NJ. No packing list and nobody knew anything about it. When they opened the pallet we found 50 AR-15 assault rifles.

What a cluster*&%# that was. The Montgomery Twsp police had ordered 1 assault rifle and Colt mistakenly had sent them 50. The 50 AR-15 were supposed to go to the Montgomery County Maryland SWAT team. The police director tried to refuse the shipment and have me personally take it down to Maryland. I explained that I was a local driver and would return it to my dock. He was reminded by one of his cops that he couldn't just let me leave with them. He feared they might be lost or stolen.

I was instructed by dispatch to wait as long as it took to ge a clean receipt. It took almost another 2 hours on OT for them to to unpack and record the serial numbers before they would let me leave. I can imagine what could have happened if that pallet with police evidence tape was left sitting back on the dock.
 
I see that happened 3 years ago but maybe Colt should be more careful how they ship those assault rifles. 7 years ago I had a gaylord from Colt that the BOL said contained metal parts for delivery to the Township of Montgomery NJ. No packing list and nobody knew anything about it. When they opened the pallet we found 50 AR-15 assault rifles.

What a cluster*&%# that was. The Montgomery Twsp police had ordered 1 assault rifle and Colt mistakenly had sent them 50. The 50 AR-15 were supposed to go to the Montgomery County Maryland SWAT team. The police director tried to refuse the shipment and have me personally take it down to Maryland. I explained that I was a local driver and would return it to my dock. He was reminded by one of his cops that he couldn't just let me leave with them. He feared they might be lost or stolen.

I was instructed by dispatch to wait as long as it took to ge a clean receipt. It took almost another 2 hours on OT for them to to unpack and record the serial numbers before they would let me leave. I can imagine what could have happened if that pallet with police evidence tape was left sitting back on the dock.
The police "director" (I guess that is the same as police chief) had to be reminded by one of his underling cops to do the right thing?
I wonder how HE ever got promoted to top cop.
 
The police "director" (I guess that is the same as police chief) had to be reminded by one of his underling cops to do the right thing?
I wonder how HE ever got promoted to top cop.
I think the director was a political appointee and it took a patrollman to tell him how to do his job................. On another note a couple of months later I was sent with my 13'6' 48' trailer to help a straight truck driver deliver and install a tv to a private residence. It was dark and I took down some branches. Shortly after I was in the house the doorbell rang and it was a Montgomery Twsp cop looking for the driver of the tractor trailer. I didn't remember him but he remembered me. He said he made some great overtime with that rifle deal. He said he wasn't going to hassle me and we B/S a bit about his know it all police director.
 
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