46-year-old Curtis Houghton of South Bend was arrested for marijuana on Friday evening following a traffic stop.
On May 9, at approximately 6:00 P.M., a Marshall County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Deputy conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle in the area of U.S. 31 and Veterans Parkway. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Curtis Houghton.
During the traffic stop, suspected marijuana was located in the vehicle. Houghton was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked for possession of marijuana as a class B misdemeanor. He was held on a $250 cash bond.

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