Engine Fires Ignite Ford Escape, Fusion Recalls
The 2013 Ford Escape is undergoing its fourth recall since its introduction this spring.
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
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Engine Fires Ignite Ford Escape, Fusion Recalls
It's the fourth recall for the brand-new Escape. Ford is offering loaner cars to buyers until they can fix the problem.
The 2013 Ford Escape is undergoing its fourth recall since its introduction this spring. Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 89,000 new Escape SUVs and Fusion sedans because the engines can overheat and cause fires. The Escape is a top seller for Ford. The 2013 version went on sale in the spring, and it already has had problems with coolant leaks, cracked fuel lines and carpet padding. Both the Fusion and Escape are among Ford's top-selling vehicles selling a combined 427,000 already this year, according to Autodata Corp. Note this figure include those from the previous model year. Ford said it is working on a repair plan and trying to find out what causes the overheating problem, where the engines can overheat and leak fluids onto hot …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Ford Plant Manger Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison on Tax Evasion Charges
John Perry, a former Hazelwood Ford assembly plant manager, was also ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service as a condition of supervised release in the amount of $926,602.75.
A former Ford assembly plant manager has been sentence on a conviction regarding of four felony tax evasion charges for failing to report kickback payments on his federal income taxes, according to the United States Attorney's Office. Hazelwood Patch previously reported on 55-year-old John Perry, a former Lake Saint Louis resident, when he was indicted March 2011 and when Perry was convicted of four felony counts of tax evasion after a six day trial in February of 2012. United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Perry to 51 months in prison. Perry was materials, planning and logistics manager at Ford's Hazelwood assembly plant, and was responsible for approving invoices from Ford vendors for expenses related to vehicle …
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Former Hazelwood Ford Assembly Plant Manager Convicted of Tax Evasion
John Perry received more than $2 million from various kickback schemes.
A former Ford assembly plant manager is convicted of four felony tax evasion charges for failing to report kickback payments on his federal income taxes, the United States Attorney's Office said Tuesday. Hazelwood Patch previously reported on 55-year-old John Perry, a former Lake Saint Louis resident, when he was indicted last March. Now of Vermillion, Ohio, Perry was convicted of four felony counts of tax evasion after a six day trial. Perry was materials, planning and logistics manager at Ford's Hazelwood assembly plant, and was responsible for approving invoices from Ford vendors for expenses related to vehicle transportation and storage. Federal prosecutors said Perry approved false and inflated invoices a vendor submitted to Ford from…
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Census Stories
Ready for take-off: Hazelwood Weathered Ford Plant Loss, Economic Crises and is Ready to Soar
Census figures show that Hazelwood residents are making less than they did in 2000; but the area economy looks poised for an upswing, says a city official.
Linda Whitley remembers driving down Lindbergh, past the Hazelwood Ford Motor Company assembly plant the day after demolition was completed on her former workplace in 2008. “You go and see an empty field where you and your coworkers and friends worked. It was kind of a home. I would cry. It was like a physical blow,” said Whitley, formerly a toolmaker at the Ford plant. “I guess I never really thought they’d close that plant,” Whitley said. “It had one of the highest productivity rates in the country. It just didn’t make sense.” Ford closed its Hazelwood plant five years ago in March 2006, following through on an announcement company officials made in 2002. They laid off about 2,000 workers in that timeframe, just before the economic …
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Ashley Nevilles
8:18 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
Sucks to be him, but really, how do you pay taxes on money you aren't supposed to have? more ›