On Wednesday evening April 1st Marshall County Sheriff’s Officer Les McFarland was dispatched to a single vehicle accident in the area of the 16,000 block of 3B Road. During the investigation it was believed that 62 year old John R. Hathaway of Plymouth was intoxicated.
The truck Mr. Hathaway was driving went off the roadway and hit a pine tree causing severe damage to the pickup truck. Hathaway was transported to the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for a chemical test. He was then arrested and booked into the Marshall County Jail for Operating While Intoxicated and his bond was set at $1,500 cash.
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