Officer Wallace with the Plymouth Police Department observed a vehicle traveling southbound on North Oak Drive without functioning taillights Thursday, October 24th at 5:40 in the morning. A traffic stop was initiated on the vehicle near the intersection of North Oak Drive and Jefferson Street.
During the traffic stop it was discovered that the driver, Ismael Rodriguez-Mejia, 43, of Plymouth, was operating the vehicle without ever receiving a driver’s license. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Marshall County Jail and lodged for the pending charge of operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. He was held on a $100 cash bond.

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