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Crime

Category: Subject
Description: Information on crimes committed, law enforcement, and anti-theft measures.
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Article Index

DateArticleDetails
29 December 1928DRUNKEN DRIVERS JAILED.
Magistrate Farrell said the only way to stop persons from driving while intoxicated was to make examples of a few.
News Article (text)
Publication: The New York Times
29 December 1928SEEKS JOB IN STOLEN CAR.
Allen was arrested at Allen and Delaney Streets early Thursday morning as he was driving an automobile the wrong way in a one-way street.
News Article (text)
Publication: The New York Times
6 December 2017Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Fuji Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.
This petition is granted because the agency has determined that the antitheft device to be placed on the line as standard equipment is likely to be as effective in reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft as compliance with the parts-marking requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Subaru Ascent
2 April 2021Statement by President Joe Biden on Today’s Attack Outside the Capitol
Jill and I were heartbroken to learn of the violent attack at a security checkpoint on the U.S. Capitol grounds, which killed Officer William Evans of the U.S. Capitol Police, and left a fellow officer fighting for his life.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: The White House
Byline: President Joe Biden
2 April 2021Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on Today’s Attack Outside the Capitol
Today, in an inexplicable act of violence, a brave U.S. Capitol Police Officer was killed in the line of duty, while another officer fights for his life.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: The White House
Byline: Vice President Kamala Harris
30 September 2021Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Nissan North America, Inc.
This document grants in full the Nissan North America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its ARIYA vehicle line beginning in model year 2023.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Nissan Ariya
12 November 2021Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
This document grants in full the American Honda Motor Co. petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Acura Integra vehicle line beginning in model year 2023.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Acura Integra
16 December 2021Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Approval of a Revision to a Currently-Approved Collection Request: Crime Prevention for Truckers
Originally, the survey was planned to be an in-person data collection, but the project team switched to an online data collection because of the pandemic.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Thomas P. Keane
Special Collection: COVID-19
9 March 2022Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; North American Subaru, Inc.
This document grants in full the North American Subaru's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its BRZ vehicle line beginning in model year 2023.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Subaru BRZ
9 March 2022Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
This document grants in full the Toyota Motor North America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Lexus IS vehicle line beginning in model year 2023.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Lexus IS
9 March 2022Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Requirements; Manufacturer Identification; Certification; Replica Motor Vehicles; Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to Federal Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards
This final rule implements an exemption program for replica motor vehicles manufactured or imported by low-volume manufacturers, as set forth in Section 24405 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Steven S. Cliff
16 March 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Petitions for Exemption From the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires the Secretary of Transportation, and NHTSA by delegation, to promulgate a theft prevention standard to provide for the identification of certain motor vehicles and their major replacement parts to impede motor vehicle theft.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
16 March 2022Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
This document grants in full the Volkswagen Group of America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Audi e-tron GT vehicle line beginning in model year 2023.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Audi e-tron GT
7 April 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Comments Requested; Extension Without Change, of a Previously Approved Collection National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS)
The Anti-Car Theft Act, defines junk and salvage yards “as individuals or entities engaged in the business of acquiring or owning junk or salvage automobiles for resale in their entirety or as spare parts or for rebuilding, restoration, or crushing.”
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Byline: Melody Braswell
3 May 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Consolidated Labeling Requirements for 49 CFR Part 541 and Procedures for Selecting Lines To Be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard for 49 CFR Part 542
NHTSA's theft prevention standard at 49 CFR part 541 specifies performance requirements for identifying numbers or symbols (generally the vehicle identification number) to be placed on major parts of all passenger vehicles subject to the theft prevention standard.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
29 June 2022Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Information Collection Request: Criminal Penalty Safe Harbor Provision
Section 5 of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act notes that 18 U.S.C. 1001 provides for criminal liability in circumstances where a person had the intention of misleading the Secretary of Transportation regarding safety-related defects in motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that caused death or serious bodily injury.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Ann E. Carlson
11 August 2022Baton Rouge car wash, oil change, convenience store operator cited after federal workplace safety investigation into stabbing of assistant manager
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the B-Quik location on Greenwell Springs Road – owned and operated by Benny’s Car Wash & Oil Change – for failing to protect its workers from violence and for waiting 15 days to report the worker’s hospitalization.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Byline: Chauntra Rideaux & Juan J. Rodríguez
Dateline: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Topic: B-Quik
26 January 2023Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; General Motors, LLC
This document grants in full the General Motors petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Buick Envista line beginning in model year 2024.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Buick Envista
27 January 2023Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Ford Motor Company
This document grants in full the Ford Motor Company petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Mustang Mach-E vehicle line beginning in model year 2024.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Ford Mustang Mach-E
10 March 2023Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
This document grants in full the Toyota Motor North America's petition for exemption from the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard for its Crown vehicle line beginning in model year 2024.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Raymond R. Posten
Topic: Toyota Crown
2 May 2023Women of Trucking Advisory Board (WOTAB); Notice of Public Meeting
WOTAB will review and report on policies that provide education, training, mentorship, and outreach to women in the trucking industry and identify barriers and industry trends that directly or indirectly discourage women from pursuing and retaining careers in trucking.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Byline: Larry W. Minor
12 June 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Information Collection Request: Criminal Penalty Safe Harbor Provision
Section 5 of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (“TREAD”) Act, notes that 18 U.S.C. 1001 provides for criminal liability in circumstances where a person had the intention of misleading the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) regarding safety-related defects in motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that caused death or serious bodily injury.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: K. John Donaldson
3 July 2023Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Strategies To Improve Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Officers' Performance and Law Enforcement Agencies' DRE Programs
Application information will be collected to enroll Law Enforcement Agencies with DRE programs.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan




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