BOURBON — On Sept. 14, around 5:11 a.m., Marshall County Deputies were notified of a possible impaired driver in a silver truck on US 30 headed east and turned south on Fir Road.
Deputies located the vehicle and made a traffic stop for traffic violations. The driver, identified as Walter J. Ortiz Rivera, 37, of Bourbon, was found to have been drinking. Field sobriety tests were performed and attempted by Rivera. He was offered a certified blood test and agreed. He was taken to the Plymouth hospital, where blood was drawn and tested at four times the legal limit.
Rivera was arrested for felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated due to prior convictions and never obtaining a license. He was charged and booked at the Marshall County Jail.
Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
