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title: "Railroad inspector charged with falsifying Hazmat reports"
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url: "https://cbrneworld.com/news/subscribers/railroad-inspector-charged-with-falsifying-hazmat-reports"
date: "2026-07-30T21:10:00+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
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#  Railroad inspector charged with falsifying Hazmat reports

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 10 May 2021.

A Federal Railroad Administration inspector in Texas has been charged with lying on official documents related to the transportation of hazardous materials.

Tremelle Sykes, 54, was indicted on eight counts of false statements, according to a Friday [announcement](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/railroad-inspector-charged-lying-about-inspections) from Prerak Shah, the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Sykes was employed by the FRA as a hazardous materials safety inspector. He was assigned to inspect northeast Texas railroads and shippers for compliance with regulations pertaining to the transport of hazardous materials such as ethanol, crude oil and other toxic or poisonous substances.

On at least eight occasions, Sykes allegedly falsified inspection reports, claiming to have conducted inspections that never actually occurred, according to court documents. The reports, filed over the course of six months in early 2019, covered railyard companies in Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Cleburne, Gunter and Saginaw.

 [CBRNe](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/cbrne), [Hazmat](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/hazmat)

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