Plymouth Police responded to an altercation on September 16th between a female and a group of people at the Carriage Green Apartments. Apparently, the battery stemmed from a murder that occurred in Hamlet in August of 2024.
Tuesday morning at approximately 2:20, an officer with the Plymouth Police Department investigated the report that a female had been battered.
The police report stated that the victim had injuries consistent with being involved in a physical altercation, which required her to be transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Plymouth Police located the suspects and witnesses who were present during the altercation and were told the incident stemmed from a Starke County murder that occurred in 2024.
Blake Bradley, 21, of Plymouth, was identified and interviewed. He was then taken into custody and transported to the Marshall County Jail. Caitlyn Smith, 18 of Knox, was also identified and located at a separate location before being interviewed. Smith was taken into custody as a result of the investigation and was transported to the Marshall County Jail.
Bradley's preliminary charges include disorderly conduct, domestic battery, obstruction of justice, and intimidation with a deadly weapon.
Smith's preliminary charges include battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, intimidation, and obstruction of justice.
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.
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