Former Tony’s Express truck drivers and other employees say financial mismanagement by new owner John Ohle led to the 70-year-old trucking company’s recent collapse.
Tony’s Express, headquartered in Fontana, California, shut down March 28 after Ohle and others sent a series of text messages starting on March 24, informing workers that the company would not be running trucks the following day “due to a truck insurance issue.”
In texts obtained by FreightWaves, Ohle sent a second message March 25...