Marshall County Police made multiple drunk driving arrests over the weekend.
Around 10:50 p.m. on Friday, March 1st a traffic stop was initiated in the area of Michigan Street and 2A Road in LaPaz. During the course of the traffic stop the driver, 49-year-old Donnie Ray Havens II was offered an opportunity to perform standardized field sobriety testing.
The police report goes on to say that Havens was then offered a portable breath test and was allegedly found to be over the legal limit.
He was transported to Plymouth Hospital where a chemical test apparently showed he tested positive for cocaine and confirmed he was over the legal limit for alcohol consumption.
DUI lawyers has said that Havens was transported to the Marshall County Jail where he was lodged for operating a motor vehicle with a BAC of .08 percent or more, operating a motor vehicle with a scheduled I or II substance and knowingly or intentionally operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license. He was given a court date and bond of $3,000.
The following day on Saturday, March 2nd Marshall County police arrested two more drivers who were reportedly operating vehicles while intoxicated.
Shortly before 1 a.m., a black 2005 Pontiac passenger car was stopped in the area of 1st and Oak Roads. Police say that the driver, 21-year-old Zachary Kenneth Ballard, of Lakeville, was found to be under the influence of alcohol.
He was taken to the Plymouth Hospital for a certified test which apparently showed him to be almost two times over the legal limit of alcohol.
He was transported to Marshall County Jail and processed for operating a vehicle with a BAC of .08 or more.
Later that day around 4 p.m., a traffic stop was conducted on a speeding vehicle on US 30, east of King Road. The driver, 24-year-old David William Semon Jr., was found to be operating the vehicle while intoxicated and was transported to the Marshall County Jail.
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