05/02/14 On Saturday, April 26 at approximately 2:10 A.M. an officer with the Marshall County Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Oakhill Avenue near the intersection of Nutmeg Road. During the investigation Marshall County Police Canine, Arras was deployed and indicated the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle located a substance believed to be heroin as well as needles and other paraphernalia. The driver of the vehicle, 25 year old David Rhoades of Plymouth was arrested. He was also offered a certified alcohol test which he refused. He was lodged in the Marshall County Jail for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Syringe, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Controlled Substance, and Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person. A Probable Cause Affidavit was filed and bond was set at $5,000.
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