Officer Wozniak with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department stopped a Ford F-150 that was pulling a large camping trailer on U.S. 31 near 19th Road. The traffic stop was on Tuesday evening, August 27, at about 7:45.
During the traffic stop, it was learned that the vehicle's driver, Nikalas I. Kapsa, 25, of South Bend, was operating a vehicle with a driving status of suspended prior. Kapsa was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked in for driving while suspended with a prior and held on a $500 cash bond.
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