Trucker beaten in liquor load heist

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Great Advertisement for the next "Would-Be"
Why not just publish the expected inbound manifest as well ?
Gotta love the Media

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TRUCKING IS NOT REMEDIAL!

poor guy, they could have at least left hima bottle to make the pain go away.

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Some advice for newbies who get stuck hauling high-dollar loads like cigarettes, liquor, copper, etc:

1. The first mistake this guy made, was going to sleep in the middle of the night in a crime-ridden city like Indy, with a freakin' load of liquor in the trailer. If at all possible, take the load from dock to dock without stopping. And when that isn't possible, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER go to sleep at the destination, especially if it's a big city. Local thugs know what you have on the trailer.

2. If you do stop to sleep, make sure you pick a place well away from crime-infested cities and at least a hundred miles from your destination. Make sure it's busy enough though so that anyone attempting to hijack your load will be seen. Leave your truck running and ready to go in case you might need to make a little noise (air horn) or make a hasty exit.

Stop early enough so that you can get front row parking in view of the building and/or fuel islands.

3. Do not "answer" your door for anyone. If someone knocks on your door, stay in your sleeper behind the curtains. Make them break the window if they want in, and if they do, put a few bumps in their head with that inch-and-a-half lug wrench you keep beside your bed. Make it steel... make it heavy... and make it bust a hole in their freakin' skull.

4. Call ahead to your destination to confirm delivery appointments and dock layout. Make sure you are on time, EXACTLY. Most places that receive high-dollar loads will have a gated facility and may or may not have room for you to park if you show up too early. You don't want to be turned away to wait outside the gate.

Has this world finally lost its common sense?I just cant believe the things im seeing and hearing lately,is it something in the air?the water?I mean i know crime happens but geesh already,its to the point you cant trust anyone which is so sad.I myself trust very few people in this world anyways but thats another story,this is just unreal already.

If they tried that with our truck hey will have alot more on their ##### then some silly wrench, Argosz would rip them both into tiny shreds... Good thing about him is he's always alert and ready to launch, even if I am groggy lol.

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I am a Camaro Girl because IROC!

You have unlimited chances to go too slow, but only one to go too fast.

"He got up, answered it. He said, basically, he was attacked by two black males. Basically, they beat him until he was unconscious," said Sgt. Matt Mount of IMPD.


coming soon to a 'hood near you, know what'm sayin'?

The FBI has covered this in a story a few years ago in one of the Truckers Rags. A lot of these liquor loads are even watched from the distillery or liquor warehouses. It's not hard to get the trucks information and to even follow a truck. Truckers "talk" too much when they shouldn't.
The FBI's advice is to NEVER talk about your load or where it's going. PERIOD. If it's high dollar don't even say where you're going! You're not going to hurt a drivers feelings if you tell him you don't talk about your load. IF it's a driver and not someone setting you up! It's no ones business and you risk your life even if you think the load is a cheap POS load. EVERYTHING has a market value for a thief! He didn't pay a penny for it so whatever he gets out of it is pure profit including everything in the truck down to your dirty clothes!
I pull a reefer and most of what goes into one isn't cheap freight but the ONE thing I never do is answer the question "what ya hauling" cause I'll tell you real quick but nicely "nunya!"

There used to be a sayig in the navy that applies to drivers of high dollar freight "loose lips sink ships"

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