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.