He decided to quit the company and asked to take a load to the yard from his home. In the middle of the haul, he stopped and started blackmailing us for money or he won't deliver the load.
In other words, he took the equipment and the load hostage while blackmailing us for money. This driver was rolling with us for 2 weeks, constantly lying, being late, and refusing to take most of the loads. In the end, he took our equipment and brokers' load hostage, and in 2 days of blackmailing, he drop the truck at the truck stop and left us with huge problems and losses.