A New Year’s Day traffic stop ended with a Plymouth man being arrested for fraud and operator never licensed.
On the morning of January 1st, at approximately 6:30, Officer Schieber with the Plymouth Police Department initiated a traffic stop for a vehicle registration violation at the corner of Fifth and Garro Street.
The driver was identified as Franyer A. Oliveros-Santano, 29, of West Garro Street in Plymouth. The officer determined that Oliveros had never been issued a driver’s license. The paper license plate on the vehicle was also found to be fraudulent.
Oliveros-Santano was taken into custody and booked into the Marshall County Jail for fraud and operating without ever obtaining a license. He was able to pay the cash bond just before 1 p.m. and was released on bond.
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.
