Troopers Say Driver Admits Stealing Semitrailer, But It Was To Help A Buddy

A commercial truck driver charged with stealing a 2021 red Freightliner and refrigerated trailer in California told the Wyoming Highway Patrol he was “helping a friend” in Chicago while driving away from that destination westbound on Interstate 80.

Amninder Singh, born in 2002, faces a charge of felony theft for allegedly stealing the truck and trailer, together valued at about $80,000, from his former employer, a transport company in the Fresno, California, area, Trooper Ty Beidleman wrote in an affidavit of probable cause filed in Albany County Circuit Court.

He made his first court appearance Thursday, where a preliminary hearing was set for April 29…

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