Officer John Weir with the Plymouth Police Department arrested two individuals last week for Driving without a License and Driving with No Insurance.
On Thursday, February 23rd the officer initiated a traffic stop on a Honda Accord at about 7:30 in the morning at the intersection of Jefferson and Walnut Streets.
The driver of the vehicle, 46-year-old Bivian Alonzo Ruiz of Plymouth was found to have never possessed a driver’s license and failed to have proof of insurance. He was taken to the Marshall County Jail.
On Friday, February 24th Officer Weir stopped a vehicle just before noon at 5th and Adams Street because the Illinois license plate showed suspended through Illinois.
While speaking with the driver, 29-year-old Denis Antunez-Oseguer of Plymouth it was found that he had never received a driver’s license or insurance on the vehicle. He was transported to the county jail and held.
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