The former owner of Nu World Trucking has been sentenced for his role in a cargo theft scheme that was responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of stolen cargo. There was no leniency in this case and despite entering a guilty plea, Earl Stanley Nunn received the harshest sentence allowable under law.
When TruckerReport reported on the story back in July of 2014, Nunn had just pled guilty to charges of theft of an interstate shipment – a crime stemming from Nunn’s cargo theft scheme he ran with his nephew and son. Nunn and his accomplices would drive bobtail through truck stops and service stations trying to find an unhitched trailer. When they found one, they would simply couple it up to their rig and drive away with the whole thing.
According to prosecutors in the case, Nunn and his accomplices stole goods from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Despite this knowledge, Nunn was only charged and convicted with the theft of a single shipment: a stolen trailer full of food headed for a food bank in Arkansas.
Whether it was limited to just the one charge as the result of a plea deal is not clear, but the outcome is this: 10 years in prison without the chance for parole and payment of $3,514,521 in restitution.
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Joseph1135 says
This guy was a real piece of work. He is also a registered sex offender in Tennessee as well. Good riddance.
David Dunne says
Pity it was not 10 yrs for each Theft…the piece of S–t…
Kelly says
Would you have the same belief, if your home was accidentally left unlocked, or the keys left in your vehi cle. Then someone happened to come by checking for that and helped themselves at your expense? Whatever happened to just leaving alone what ain’t yours, whether it’s secure or not? Lessons learned in our youth, not applied as adults. I believe in accepting responsibility as you imply also. However, how about being responsible by not committing an irresponsible act against our fellow man or woman?
Jraulpilot says
With today’s Technology we should be able to “Cut” theft to a very Low percentage, also catch the “Perpetrators”
quickly……..
Robert says
@Kelly
Those drivers didn’t “accidentally ” unhook from their trailers.
There was a time you could leave your house unlock. Not anymore. So , those drivers who dropped their trailers should be held accountable for their actions. They could have used king pin locks and/or glad hand locks. They could have also found a secure location. They made the wrong choice and it should cost them too.
sudon't says
I’m sure it did. Don’t you think you’d get fired, if you dropped a trailer and it got stolen? A simple kingpin lock will prevent thefts like these.
As for the thieves, I’m surprised they got ten years. But as my dad always said, “If you’re gonna steal, steal big.” They should’ve become bankers.
Navigator Wife says
Kingpins and glad hands may not keep a trailer from being stolen either. Husband had dropped a trailer on private property, it was empty, and had the kingpin locked. Someone from the company decided to report it as abandoned, was worth $75.00 to them for trailer recovery, and when I came back from town here is this big wrecker hooking up to it, it was in the air, and getting ready to leave. So even due diligence cannot be relied upon when a thief, such as those who steal loaded dropped trailers, shows up to do their work. Crooks are out there everywhere just watching for that chance.
Dave Cothern says
I blame the owner and the morons who left their trailer without any way to protect it. Another thing that surprises me, out of all the trailers he stole I’m surprised not one had a GPS antitheft device