Investigations
Trucking Company, Owner Plead Guilty
June 15, 1998
Summary
Ernest A. Jones Jr. and his trucking firm, Transcorps Enterprises, Inc., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to violating Federal motor carrier regulations and were fined $25,000 each in U.S. District Court. Jones and the firm were charged following the March 6, 1997, traffic death of a driver for the firm, Allen Jacobs, who had insulin-dependent diabetes. Because of his medical condition, Jacobs was unqualified to legally drive a commercial vehicle. The case was investigated by OIG and the Office of Motor Carriers.