
A traffic stop for speeding Sunday resulted in the arrest of a Plymouth man.
Officer Fisher with the Plymouth Police Department conducted a traffic stop on South Michigan Street south of Jackson Heights Road at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday for speeding (47 mph) in a 35-mph zone.
The driver was identified as Levi Johnson, 23, of the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Plymouth.
Johnson told the officer he was suspended, and officer Fisher determined that Johnson was suspended with a prior. Johnson was taken into custody and transported to Marshall County Jail. He was booked in for driving while suspended with a prior and the vehicle was impounded by Lyons towing.
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