Bourbon man held on $10,000 cash bond for possession of meth, marijuana, paraphernalia

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM

By Kathy Bottorff

A Marshall County Sheriff’s Department officer requested that the county’s K-9 respond to Plymouth / LaPorte Trail and Rose Road just before midnight on Friday for a suspicious person in a vehicle.

The suspicious person was identified as Joseph Cummins, 43, of Lincoln Highway in Bourbon.

Marshall County’s K-9 Diesel conducted an open-air sniff around the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotic odors inside the vehicle. A search was conducted with suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia located inside the vehicle.

Cummins was taken into custody and transported to the Marshall County Jail. He was booked in for possession of methamphetamine as a Level 6 felony, possession of marijuana with a prior conviction as a class A misdemeanor, and possession of paraphernalia as a Class C misdemeanor.

Cummins was held on a $10,000 cash bond.

The Plymouth Police Department assisted the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.

Readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is a mere allegation that a crime has been committed and that there is only probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. They are presumed innocent throughout the proceedings and are entitled to be represented by counsel and entitled to a trial by jury at which the State is obligated to provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a judgment of guilt may be made.