Plymouth Man Arrested after Pursuit

Plymouth Police Department officers arrested a man after a pursuit incident Monday evening.

A Plymouth Police officer attempted a traffic stop and the vehicle peeled down an alley along Kenwood Ave. Police said that the vehicle continued at a high rate of speed through Westgate and onto State Road 17. The pursuit ended on Redwood and 9th Streets when the driver bailed out of the car and ran into a field and wooded area.

K9 Rex was deployed to apprehended Johnathan Nifong, of Plymouth. Nifong was arrested and taken to the Marshall County Jail on charges of Resisting Arrest with a Vehicle and Criminal Confinement. Two passengers in the vehicle were released from the scene.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the incident.