Plymouth Police Officer makes two separate OWI arrests over the weekend of July 17th and 18th, including a 20-year-old LaPorte man who blew more than twice the legal limit and a Tulsa, Oklahoma man who tested positive for methamphetamine.
The first arrest occurred late Friday night, July 17th, when Officer Fisher conducted a traffic stop in the area of Michigan Street south of Plymouth-Goshen Trail after clocking a vehicle traveling 52 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone. The driver was identified as Ryan Forrester, 20, of LaPorte. During the stop, Officer Fisher determined that Forrester had been drinking. Forrester failed a field sobriety test and registered a .165 on a portable breath test — more than twice the legal limit of .08. He was placed under arrest, transported to the hospital for a blood draw, and subsequently booked into the Marshall County Jail on charges of OWI with a prior conviction, OWI endangerment, and minor consumption.
The second arrest came the following day, Saturday, July 18th, under unusual circumstances that began inside the Plymouth Police Department itself. Carl Price, 63, of Tulsa, Oklahoma — whose local booking address was listed on South Michigan Street in Plymouth — had visited the police department but was not making sense and appeared to officers to be under the influence of drugs. Price became agitated, left the department, and got into a vehicle. Central Dispatch then advised officers that Price had only an Indiana identification card and no valid driver's license.
Officer Fisher conducted a traffic stop on Price's vehicle at the intersection of Jefferson and Gill Streets. A field sobriety test was administered, and a Sotoxa drug evaluation test indicated Price was under the influence of methamphetamine. He was transported to Plymouth Hospital for a certified blood draw. During an inventory search of the vehicle, officers discovered a crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Price was booked into the Marshall County Jail on charges of OWI on a controlled substance, OWI endangerment, and possession of methamphetamine.
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