A Rochester man was arrested Tuesday, August 29 after an Indiana Conservation Officer reportedly found him unresponsive behind the wheel of a car and in possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
According to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, an Indiana Conservation Officer came upon a vehicle partially in the ditch on Queen Road near Plymouth-Laporte Trail and located a male unresponsive in the driver seat.
Police say the male, Johnnie McCarty IV, 25, of Rochester, was administered two doses of Narcan and eventually transported to Plymouth Hospital to be evaluated.
Officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department went to the hospital and a certified chemical test was completed, according to the report.
McCarty was then transported to the Marshall County Jail where he was booked on preliminary charges of operating a motor vehicle with a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and possession of paraphernalia.
Formal charges will be determined by the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office.
Suspects are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
