South Bend driver arrested for driving with ever obtaining a license

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 1:42 PM

A FLOCK camera in Marshall County helped County Police locate a vehicle where the registered owner has a suspended license.

Flock's surveillance technology allows law enforcement to enter license plate information into the automated license plate recognition software and matches the registration numbers with the vehicle they are searching for.

On Saturday, May 4th at 8 p.m. Deputy Tim Hubbard stopped a vehicle after receiving a FLOCK hit on the license plate. The notification was for the registered owner who had a suspended license.

A traffic stop was conducted and the male driver, 42-year-old Honorio Hilario Manuel of South Bend had never held a valid license. He was booked into the Marshall County Jail for operating without ever obtaining a license at 9:15 Saturday night. He bonded out before 10 p.m. that same night.

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