County Police arrest Wyatt man who was 3 times the legal limit & left the scene of accident

A 63-year-old Wyatt man was arrested by county police for leaving the scene of an accident.

On Wednesday, November 19th, the Marshall County Central Dispatch Center was notified of an accident on State Road 331 at 1st Road in Bremen.

Marshall County deputies were dispatched to the scene and were told that a person had left heading north.

Deputy Geiger located the vehicle involved and took the driver into custody. The driver was identified as 63-year-old John Dreibelbis Jr. of Wyatt. It was found that Dreibelbis had been drinking and was intoxicated. He had a blood alcohol content of over three times the legal limit.

He was first checked out at the hospital and then taken to the Marshall County Jail, where he was booked for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident and held on a $1500 cash bond.  The bond for Dreibelbis was posted at 4:15 Thursday afternoon and he was released on bond.   

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