Felon in need of help

I won't even bother asking....but apparently whatever you guys were shipping was pretty "hot" stuff....

You need to know (in case you didn't, already) -- the overall freight market right now is in a pretty bad slump (and freight rates are, too).

As a result -- carriers have tightened up their hiring requirements. Your search for a beginning carrier will be MUCH HARDER than otherwise, under more "normal" conditions.

It makes no sense (at this point, anyway) to go to a CDL school, regardless of how reputable it may be -- if you can't score a job...afterwards.

So....in your case, you really ought to talk to some recruiters, first -- before you invest any time, money....or effort elsewhere.

If you haven't already -- talk to Western Express. They are known for being a "2nd chance" carrier:

Western Express -- takes beginning drivers -- flatbed, or dry van duty

-- L

 

The following list shows companies that will hire felons...based on different time frames...one of the lists shown is on a case-by-case basis:

Trucking Companies That Hire Felons In 2022

Note that a few of the companies listed are now out of business (like Celadon).

-- L

 

Wouldn't everybody like a starter job like that! Yeah, not gonna happen. 'Second chance' companies always get a lot of floor loads....

 

I'm confused.
How is that considered theft?

 

Theft by receiving

 

There's more to this, and the OP is pretty much F'd for quite awhile.

 

Wouldn't that only apply to goods that were stolen originally?
I guess that could be the case.

 

As someone with a felony conviction for "theft", let me explain your issues, and there's multiple:

1. Your theft felony is technically probably "Theft by receiving" or some variation of that charge, in some ways that's almost worst than straight up theft, that means you helped in the commission of the theft. That sets off warning bells to most companies as to your level of "trust" and "security". One thing they would look at with that, since you helped someone engage in theft, what if you were hauling a high value load, and you "inadvertently" told a friend on the phone what you were hauling, next thing you know, middle of the night, your trailer gets broken into and things go missing, you are once again an accomplice.

2. Yellow freight went out of business, that dumped 22,000 drivers into the wading pool, all with exp., admittedly many of them are going to be trying to find another Union job, which simply isn't going to happen, and those that don't, are going to take whatever decent position they can find.

3. Every week, nationally, a couple thousand "fresh meat" graduate CDL school, the majority of whom have a clean record (CDL schools are getting to be more of a stickler about criminal records), those drivers are more appealing to fleets than someone with a record.

4. The list @lual posted is a place to start, but here's the issue, and Werner is a perfect example of this, go back to items 1, 2 and 3 for why Werner is saying no. When I graduated CDL school in '97, my felony was 5 yrs old, Werner was willing to hire me from the start, but my family situation was such that I couldn't go OTR at the time.

If I were you, I'd talk to local P&D companies or local delivery companies looking for a driver helper, but in all honesty, until your felony is 5 yrs old, it's going to be difficult. Also, with a theft conviction, getting your TWIC card is going to be extremely difficult until it's at least 10 yr old.

 

Someone else stole the goods, then gave them to him to ship to the final destination, that would make it theft by receiving, he received the goods from the person who stole them.