Archive for the ‘Crime & Security’ Category
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Daniel Peterson of Redwood will collect more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages after the company and Peterson reached a settlement in a lawsuit he filed last year. United Package Smashers previously wrote about the incident here. Peterson, a UPS Mechanic, was fired after he put unsafe ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
UPS has been connected to drug crimes alot lately. Just a few days ago we ran a story about how UPS had found some parcels containing pot. Now comes a report that 14-year veteran UPS driver delivered more than just parcels: he also transported the occasional illicit substance. Police say ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Documents recently filed show UPS is taking steps to settle a lawsuit filed by a mechanic for the company who complained about unsafe UPS trucks. The mechanic, having found cracked or rusted frames on at least four UPS trucks, removed inspection certifications for those trucks and was fired four days ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A breaking news story in Tennessee tells us that several government agencies have raided a UPS trucking contractor, Swift Transportation in Memphis, TN. Information is sketchy, but according to reports documents and computers were sized in the raid.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Now this doesn't happen every day. A guy walking around with a pay stub in his pocket from UPS rival FedEx was recently arrested on a tip from a citizen as he broke into UPS trucks to steal packages with an accomplice. Apparently, one acted as the lookout while the ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Three thieves were arrested after they followed a United Parcel Service truck and stole boxes left at homes in New Dorp. Igor Roshko, 20, Simon Berman, 18, and Artur Velichko, 18, were in a car tailing the UPS truck at around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, sources said. After the UPS worker ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
UPS - and smokers - benefit from a recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in Howe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport. The case started when Maine enacted a law prohibiting companies like UPS from delivering tobacco products to anyone and then provided for penalties against companies that ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Five people shipped 330 pounds of pot and the occasional cocaine shipment through United Parcel Service using drop off n' ship stores, according to a report. Apparently, UPS detected the shipment and contacted the police, who setup various raids and stings to capture the five suspects, only to have them ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
UPS and FedEx (to a lesser extent - having just dealt with its own tax issues) must really be singing a merry little tune at what looks like the beginning of the end for competitor DHL. German prosecutors are looking into whether or not DHL CEO Klaus Zumwinkel cheated on ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
A former United Parcel Service worker and a companion were arrested on suspicion of stealing parcels from numerous San Rafael homes while dressed as UPS couriers, police said.
"A witness said they thought it was suspicious that someone dressed as a UPS driver was walking away with a package," said San ...
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