A Plymouth man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police say he continued driving a smoking vehicle that had stalled at the intersection of U.S. 30 and King Road.
According to Plymouth Police, Patrolman Thornton located the stalled vehicle around 1:30 p.m. on November 11. The officer contacted the driver and instructed him to remain in his vehicle or move to the patrol car for safety.
Police say the driver instead restarted the truck and continued out of the intersection while the vehicle was still smoking.
Marshall County Central Dispatch later advised Thornton that the vehicle’s registered owner had a suspended driver’s license.
Thornton initiated a traffic stop, and Jared Anthony Wilkerson, 27, of Plymouth, was arrested and transported to the Marshall County Jail on a charge of driving while suspended with a prior offense.
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