Officer Jerrid Arnold with the Plymouth Police Department stopped a vehicle on Sunday, December 23rd at approximately 1:40 PM. The traffic stop was in the parking lot of Family Express on West Jefferson Street. The driver, 27 year old Matthew J. Topelian Jr. of Knox was arrested on an outstanding Marshall County warrant for Failure to Appear.
Topelian was incarcerated on at the Marshall County Jail with NO BOND.
Listeners and readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is merely an allegation that a crime has been committed and that there is only probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. They are presumed innocent throughout the proceedings and are entitled to be represented by counsel and entitled to a trial by jury at which the State is obligated to provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a judgment of guilt may be made.