On May 30, at 5:30 pm, a Marshall County deputy stopped a black Jeep on US 30 at the east county line for speeding 93mph in a posted 60mph zone.
It was found that the driver, Shawn C. Allen Jr., 31 of Indianapolis, had been drinking. Allen agreed to field sobriety tests and a certified breath test. Allen was found to be intoxicated and tested at .10% and was arrested for operating while intoxicated. He was also charged with reckless driving and cited for speeding and an open container of alcohol.
On May 31, at 5:16 pm, Plymouth Police officers conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck at Michigan Road/7B Road for an equipment and moving violation.
During the traffic stop, twenty-seven-year-old John L. Coleman of Elkhart was checked through Standardized Field Sobriety testing. Plymouth K-9 Officer Vinson and his partner Castor were also called to the stop. K-9 Castor alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle.
Coleman was later transported to Plymouth Hospital for a chemical test and was found to be almost three times the legal limit on a certified chemical test. Coleman was then transported to Marshall County Jail and booked in for Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, .15% or higher, and legend drug deception.
Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
