Corporal Baker with the Plymouth Police Department was patrolling Michigan Street on Saturday evening when he observed a vehicle ahead of him making multiple traffic violations.
A traffic stop was conducted, and when he spoke to the driver, it was learned that Gerardo Contreras, 41, of South Plym Street in Plymouth, had never obtained a driver’s license. Contreras was taken into custody, transported to the Marshall County Jail, and booked for operating without ever receiving a license.
On Sunday at 9:40 pm, Officer Ayala with the Plymouth Police Department stopped a vehicle in the area of North Michigan Street for a moving violation involving a lane violation and failing to stop at a traffic light.
The driver was 20-year-old Johan J. Mata-Sandoval of Polk Street in Plymouth. During the traffic stop, it was discovered that Sandoval was operating the vehicle without ever receiving a license.
He was booked in the Marshall County Jail for knowingly or intentionally operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license.
Readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is merely an allegation that a crime has been committed, and that there is only probable cause to believe it has. 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.
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