Traffic stop for equipment violation, driver arrested for operating without a license

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8:21 AM

Corporal Schieber with the Plymouth Police Department stopped a vehicle at Michigan and North Streets for an early morning equipment violation and arrested the driver for operating without obtaining a driver’s license.

On Thursday morning, May 16th, just after 4 am the Plymouth city officer initiated the traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 37-year-old Elbin Colindres-Hernandez from West Harrison Street in Plymouth.

Colindres-Hernandez was determined to have never obtained a driver's license and was taken into custody and transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked in at 4:42 a.m. His cash bond was paid at 5:12 a.m. and he was released on bond and given a court date.

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