March 28, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Maine trucking firm enters guilty pleas

PORTLAND — A Mexico-based trucking company and two of its officials pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges stemming from violations of a federal order intended to keep its trucks off the road.

Aulenback Inc. manager Scott Archibald, and dispatcher Susan Plott, both 39 and from Dixfield, entered the pleas in U.S. District Court as part of an agreement with the prosecution in which some counts were dropped.

Charges against Aulenback’s president, Alan Archibald, 42, of Mexico, are still pending, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Clark said.

The government charged that Aulenback knowingly dispatched drivers on 26 interstate runs during a two-day period in January 1996 when it was subject to an out-of-service order.

The Federal Highway Administration had directed Aulenback to cease interstate operations because of violations of federal safety rules, failure to maintain adequate records, accepting false duty reports and other safety-related problems.

The criminal complaint alleged that Aulenback obstructed justice by falsifying logs and other documents submitted by drivers.


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