Newark police seek help identifying suspect in Market Street auto burglaries
NEWARK, N.J. — The Newark Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect connected to multiple auto burglaries that occurred early Wednesday morning. According to Public…
Newark Teen Charged for Grand Theft Auto of Mountain Lakes Maserati
NEWARK, NJ – After a Maserati was stolen from a home in Mountain Lakes and found abandoned in Newark, a Newark Police Department investigation tied the crime to an 18-year-old city resident.…
CMA CGM buys auto logistics firm Gefco as Russia’s RZD, Stellantis exit
PARIS – French shipping group CMA CGM said on Friday it has acquired nearly 100% of Gefco, the auto transport company previously co-owned by Russian Railways (RZD) and carmaker Stellantis. CMA CGM…
San Francisco Police Conduct Citywide Auto Burglary and Robbery Abatement Operations 22-051
In the Month of March, officers made fourteen arrests, seized nine firearms, and connected the suspects to multiple burglaries and robberies across the city. San Francisco Police officers continue to conduct auto…
Former President and Employee of Auto Parts Manufacturing Company Sentenced for Conspiring to Defraud the United States
DETROIT – The former president and a former employee of H/A Industries, Inc., located in Sterling Heights, Michigan, were sentenced today on charges they conspired to defraud the United States by failing…
Former Manager at U.S. Auto Manufacturer Allegedly Accepted Over $3.4 Million in Bribes from Foreign Parts Supplier Seeking Contract
LOS ANGELES – A former manager at a U.S.-based automobile manufacturing company was taken into custody this morning after being indicted this week on a federal bribery charge alleging he solicited…
March U.S. auto sales to tumble on rising inflation, Ukraine crisis- data
– U.S. auto retail sales could decline in March as rising inflation hinders spending by customers already limited by slim inventories due to pandemic-led supply shortages, and now the Ukraine crisis, consultants…
Tesla delays over $1 billion bond sale backed by auto leases – Bloomberg News
– Electric-car maker Tesla Inc delayed a more than $1 billion offering of bonds backed by leases on its electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The move follows “buy now, pay…
Europe’s carmakers scramble to replace Ukrainian auto parts
By Christina Amann and Nick Carey BERLIN – Carmakers including Volkswagen and BMW are scrambling to find alternative sources of vital parts made in Ukraine from as far afield as China and…
Auto sector’s transition to EVs needs safeguards for workers, environment -panel
By Ben Klayman DETROIT – Auto industry companies need to take into account their communities and workers through greater environmental protections and higher pay in the transition to electric vehicles, a panel…
Big U.S. auto dealers bet billions against the death of the dealership
By Joseph White DETROIT – U.S. auto dealers, flush with cash, are buying each other at a record pace, but they are not closing stores in the process. Defying predictions that the…
Workers at Mexico border auto parts plant oust powerful union, eying ripple effect
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY – An overwhelming vote by workers at a northern Mexican factory to elect an independent union, defeating an entrenched labor group, could presage more such showdowns…
U.S. officials applaud Mexico for assuring ‘fair and safe’ union vote at auto parts plant
WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Tuesday lauded Mexico’s efforts to assure a “fair and safe” union vote at the Tridonex auto parts plant, and…
Auto parts maker Aptiv recently shifted high-volume production from Ukraine -CEO
– Aptiv Plc shifted high-volume production of parts for vehicles out of Ukraine over the past couple months ahead of possible hostilities, the auto parts maker’s chief executive said. “Over the course…
Clarksville Auto Dealer Charged With Bank Fraud
NASHVILLE – A Clarksville, Tennessee, auto dealer was charged today with bank fraud, resulting from a fraudulent scheme in which he obtained loans from several credit unions for the same vehicles, announced…
Houston area residents charged with unlawfully possessing full auto switches
HOUSTON – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against the man accused of shooting three Houston police officers as well as several unrelated cases involving unlawful possession of firearms with…
Mexico border city auto workers gear up for union vote in trade deal test
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY -Two years after workers at Mexico’s Tridonex auto-parts plant began a campaign to replace a union that they accused of failing to push for higher wages,…
Woman who was struck by car in hit-and-run while getting off bus in critical condition
PHILADELPHIA – On Friday, January 21, 2022, at approximately 11:30 pm, there was a crash at broad and Allegheny Avenue resulting in critical injuries to the victim, an unknown female late 20-years-of-age.…
Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Conspiracy in Relation to Fraudulent Tax Filings of Maryland Auto Body Repair Shop
Baltimore, Maryland – Ercin Kalender, age 60, of Alexandria, Virginia and Lizette Kalender, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy in relation to tax fraud within their corporate filings…
Dover man arrested for burglary, attempted grand theft auto
Dover- Delaware State Police arrested Marquise McQueen, 25, of Dover, for burglary and related charges following an incident early Tuesday morning. On February 1, 2022, at approximately 4:39 a.m., troopers responded to Harris Towing located at…
U.S. Senate panel set to vote on FCC, FTC auto safety nominees on Feb 2
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is set to vote Feb. 2 on nominees to head the auto safety agency and to open seats on the Federal Communications Commission…
Columbus man sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for robbing auto parts stores at gunpoint
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man was sentenced in federal court here today to 225 months in prison for armed robbery. Craishon Russell, 32, robbed two auto parts stores at gunpoint…
Suspect wanted in pedestrian hit and run in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA – On December 16, 2021, at 5:17pm, a leaving the scene auto vs. pedestrian crash occurred. A white Nissan was traveling east on Westmoreland St when it impacted two pedestrians…
CBP Port of Nogales Officers Encounter Drugs Within Load of Auto Parts
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Port of Nogales officers arrested a Mexican national this week in connection to a record seizure of methamphetamine by CBP…
Hudson County Man Charged in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Tracy M. Thompson today announced that a Hudson County man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications…
US Industrial Production Dropped In September As Supply Chain Bottlenecks Plagued The Auto Industry
U.S. industrial production declined in September as supply chain bottlenecks in the auto industry and lingering effects of Hurricane Ida impacted manufacturing and mining output, according to data released by the Federal…
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