
Officers with the Plymouth Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with expired plates on Sunday, May 11th, at about 5:45 p.m. The driver was later identified as Santiago Sanchez-Montes, 33, of Elkhart.
The officer determined during the stop that Sanchez-Montes had never had a license. He was taken into custody for operator never licensed. The vehicle was towed due to expired plates and no insurance, and he was transported to Marshall County Jail and booked in for operator never licensed.
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