OREGON
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=117833253452047300
“Gresham truck driver jailed
Woman accuses Macario Simon Gutierrez of trying to kidnap her on highway”
By Mara Stine
The Gresham Outlook, May 4, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: ““It’s just our thought that if he was brazen enough to try such a move here in daylight hours on a state highway, he certainly could have tried it somewhere else in the United States,” Glerup said. “It looks like he does quite a bit of traveling according to his criminal history. There could be other victims out there.”
Anyone with information about the case, the suspect or previous incidents, is encouraged to call the Harney County Sheriff’s Office at 541-573-6028 or 541-573-6029.”
UPDATE:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/03/highway.collapse.ap/
“Truck in Bay area collapse had record of safety violations”
POSTED: 0027 GMT (0827 HKT), May 3, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The gasoline tanker that exploded Sunday, causing a San Francisco-area freeway ramp to collapse, was cited repeatedly for safety violations and was ordered off the road last year because of faulty brakes, according to federal records.
The tanker’s owner or driver was cited 27 times since 2004 for violations ranging from its unsafe brakes and tires to carrying more gasoline than the truck was rated for, according to documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The truck driver, James Mosqueda, remains hospitalized with second-degree burns.
Records from the California Department of Motor Vehicles obtained by The Associated Press show he had previously had his license revoked or suspended but do not give the reason. Mosqueda, 51, had a clean driving record in the 10 years before the crash. Court records show he also had a series of criminal convictions between 1981 and 1996.”