PLYMOUTH — On the evening of Aug. 30, at 7 pm, police officers assigned to work the Blueberry Festival at the Centennial Park were dispatched to the skate park near Michigan Street for reports of a large fight with weapons involved.
Plymouth Officers and Marshall County Deputies quickly responded and located a man, later identified as Caleb Miller, 20 years old of Rochester, who was identified as a possible armed suspect. When Plymouth Police Officers approached Miller, a fight ensued before he was quickly taken into custody.
Once Miller was secured in a patrol vehicle, officers were made aware that a second subject, later identified as Kyle Tidwell, 20 years old of Winamac, was in custody near a second entrance to the festival.
Plymouth officers investigated the incident and found that Tidwell was found to have two loaded handguns on his person and was running from the fight.
Miller was lodged at the Marshall County Jail pending criminal charges for felony battery on a law enforcement officer, misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, and disorderly conduct. Tidwell was also lodged at the Marshall County Jail pending criminal charges for misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespassing.
Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
