Demetrius Pharr Jr - CDL Driver Reviews

Safety folks, please be advised!  Mr. Pharr applied for a non-CDL <26,000 box truck position.  As a CDS, I do things a little differently for my non-CDL drivers.  I run all Clearinghouse query, PSP, and MVRs for all my drivers whether they are in the clearinghouse or not.  This driver fraudulently filled out a Tenstreet application.  He stipulated that he was a Class C driver, he had no accidents in the last 5 years, no convictions in the last 3.  The accident in '21, was not on the application but on his PSP.  The FMCSR section which asks about being 'currently disqualified from driving a CMV, License ever been suspended/revoked, and denied a license.  All three were answered "no".  This is not truthful, so finally after explaining that he will only be considered if he accepts the query.  He is "prohibited" to drive a CMV.  In '22, he was cited for being on duty, while in operation of a CMV while under the influence, and was in possession of a narcotic drug/amphetamine.  This citation wasn't on his application nor was the company he was driving for.

Please be diligent with your hiring folks, if we only did the basic background - we don't catch this.  If hired, and driving and gets pulled over?  That is an automatic OOS, Driver fitness violation, and towing of the truck.  Another tidbit of information, when a driver gets downgraded - some states don't not annotate that original license was a Class A, and was reduced/downgraded to Class C for a violation of the FMCSR Drug and Alcohol regulations.  This is a huge oversite.