On Friday, November 21st, at about 11:00 p.m., Marshall County Central Dispatch received a rapid-ping 911 call from 910 West Jefferson Street. Plymouth Police arrived in the area and located 32-year-old Joseph R. Childers of Plymouth and a female passenger on a traffic stop.
A DUI investigation began on Childers, who was later transported to the hospital for a chemical test. He was then transported to the Marshall County Jail, where he was booked in on initial charges of OWI with a prior conviction, domestic battery with a prior conviction, and resisting law enforcement causing bodily injury. Childers was also held on an automatic 24-hour hold due to the domestic battery charge.
Later, an affidavit of probable cause and probable cause order was drafted by Plymouth Officer R. Ayala. It was reviewed and signed by the Honorable Judge Tami Napier of Marshall County Superior Court I.
Childers was given a court date and a $10,000 bond for 15 charges, including:
Count I- Communication; Interfering with reporting of a crime-Class A Misdemeanor
Count II-Criminal Confinement-Level 6 Felony
Count III-Domestic Battery-Moderate Bodily Injury-Level 6 Felony Count IV-Domestic Battery-Prior Conviction-Level 6 Felony
Count V-Strangulation-Level 6 Felony
Count VI-Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor
Count VII-OWI-Endangerment-Class A Misdemeanor
Count VIII-OWI-Prior Conviction-Level 5 Felony
Count IX-Resisting Law Enforcement-Causes Bodily Injury-Level 6 Felony
Count X-Disorderly Conduct-Class B Misdemeanor
Count XI-Possession of Synthetic Urine-Class B Misdemeanor
Count XII-Obstruction of Justice-Level 6 Felony
Count XIII-Battery-against a public safety official-Level 6 Felony
Count XIV-Communication; Intimidation-Level 6 Felony
Count XV-Possession of Paraphernalia-Class C Misdemeanor
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 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.
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