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OWI Stay At Home Violator Alleged

( LaPorte County, IN) - Sunday a deputy pulled over a vehicle that was speeding while eastbound on US 20.  A check of the license plates revealed the registered owner’s driver’s license was

suspended.

 

Deputy Epple initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the 6500 east block of SR 2. The driver was identified as 61-year-old Wilbert Bureau, Jr., the registered owner of the vehicle. Soon after, Deputy Epple learned that Bureau had a warrant for his arrest. 

 

 

Bureau was taken into custody and eventually transported to the La Porte County Jail, where

he was arrested for three counts of Operating While Intoxicated, Violation of No Travel Order, and for the arrest warrant. Bureau remains housed in the LCJ and is being held without bond.

 

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