MugShot_Melynda ChanceyA traffic stop early Friday morning landed a South Bend woman in the Marshall County Jail.

About 2:15 Friday morning County Police Officer Wozniak conducted a traffic stop on a 2002 Cadillac utility vehicle in the area of US 31 and State Road 10.

The driver of the vehicle, 22 year old Melynda Chancey was found to be Operating a vehicle Without ever receiving a driver`s License and was in possession of Cocaine. She was taken to the Marshall County Jail.

 

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