On Wednesday, September 2nd, before 11 a.m. Officer John Weir with the Plymouth Police Department was on patrol and US 30 and clocked a westbound car traveling at 87 MPH in a 60 MPH zone.
Officer Weir turned around and the car sped off and turned onto Plymouth Goshen Trail and then Lilac Road. The driver, 25 year old Justin Scott Netherland of Warsaw exited the vehicle at Michiana Contracting where he was taken into custody.
Netherland was lodged in the Marshall County Jail for Driving While Suspended with a prior and Resisting Law Enforcement.
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.
