Two Chicago Residents Arrested after Traffic Stop in Plymouth

Two Chicago residents were arrested Friday, July 1 after a traffic stop in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and Liberty Street in Plymouth.

A Plymouth Police Department officer conducted the traffic stop just before midnight for a traffic infraction.  Police say the driver, 56-year-old Edmidio Armas, was investigated for operating the vehicle while intoxicated and resisted arrest.  A passenger in the vehicle, 26-year-old Usvaldo Armas, allegedly battered another Plymouth Police Department officer and also resisted arrest, according to the report. 

The pair was arrested on preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated, resisting law enforcement, and battery on a law enforcement officer. 

Suspects are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in a court of law.