Officers from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Bremen Police Department were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident on Saturday, April 26th, at 3:17 p.m.
Police Officers and Bremen EMS and Fire responded to the accident on Plymouth-Goshen Trail near Miami Trail. The vehicle had struck a utility pole.
During the crash investigation, it was discovered that the driver, Jose Abarca, 25, of Elkhart, was exhibiting signs of alcohol intoxication. He also had active warrants through another county in Indiana.
Jose Abarca was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a prior, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, endangering. He was held on a $1,500 cash bond
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 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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