Ford sentenced to 15 months for pension theft
(Local News ~ 07/07/08)
Former Dyersburg truck company owner Freddie Ford was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on July 3 for stealing from the firm's pension fund. Ford, former owner of the AirTrans transportation concern based out of terminal at Four Points south of Dyersburg, was indicted in December 2006 for embezzling more than $10,000 from the firm's 401(k) account. A jury found Ford guilty after a four-day trial in November 2007...