Four arrested in stolen truck on Indiana Toll Road; marijuana found
Indiana State Police stopped a truck reported stolen from Ohio on the Indiana Toll Road near mile marker 73 in St. Joseph County on 8 November 2026 and arrested all four men inside. Suspected marijuana was found in the truck, and all four were booked into the St. Joseph County Jail on charges including criminal conversion of a motor vehicle.
🇺🇸 Indiana Toll Road near mile marker 73, St. Joseph County, Indiana · Indiana, United States
Four men were taken into custody after Indiana State Police stopped a truck
reported stolen on the Indiana Toll Road in St. Joseph County on the night of 8
November 2026.[1]State police were alerted to a stolen vehicle from Ohio just
after 9 p.m.[1]Troopers pulled the truck over near mile marker 73, and a
felony stop was carried out once it was confirmed stolen.[2]The truck was a
white 2024 Dodge Ram that Blendon Township police had reported stolen earlier
that evening.[2]
A Drug Recognition Expert concluded that the driver, 31-year-old Manuel Flores
of Toledo, Ohio, was under the influence of a controlled substance, which police
did not identify.[3]Troopers searched the vehicle and found suspected
marijuana inside.[1]Flores was taken to a hospital for an intoxication test
and then to the St. Joseph County Jail.[1]Flores faces charges of criminal
conversion of a motor vehicle, two counts of operating while intoxicated and
possession of marijuana.[1]
His passengers were booked into the same jail: Raul Martinez, 26, and Jose
Hernandez, 40, both of Toledo, and Marcos Perez-Velasco, 39, of Aurora,
Illinois.[3]All four men face a charge of criminal conversion of a motor
vehicle, a level 6 felony.[2]Martinez and Perez-Velasco were also arrested on
suspicion of possessing marijuana, and Perez-Velasco additionally of possessing
paraphernalia.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Charged
4
Agency
Indiana State Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
criminal conversion-auto (level 6 felony); operating while intoxicated-endangerment; operating while intoxicated; possession of marijuana; possession of paraphernalia
Case stage
Charged
Region
St. Joseph County, Indiana
Sources
WSBT 22wsbt.comFour arrested after police stop stolen vehicle on Toll Road in St. Joseph County
ABC57abc57.comISP locates stolen vehicle resulting in four arrested
WNDUwndu.comFour arrested after police find reported stolen truck on Indiana Toll Road
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or quantity was published for the suspected marijuana found in the truck, and no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The controlled substance that the drug recognition expert attributed to the driver was not identified by police.
The three outlets draw on the same Indiana State Police account, so the report is the police version; no court dates or outcomes were reported.
All charges are accusations and the four men are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The exact stop location is given only as mile marker 73 on the Indiana Toll Road in St. Joseph County, so district-level coordinates are used.
A man was arrested at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas after a K-9 alert led to the discovery of marijuana and three firearms, one reported stolen. The driver, held on an active warrant, was turned over to local authorities for extradition.
Passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested on November 10, 2026, after a wrong-way vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sheriff's deputies reported finding 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms) of concentrated marijuana (THC) valued at over $13,000 and two loaded handguns in his backpack.
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Palo Alto County sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old Baley Dietrich and 18-year-old Landen Dietrich, both of Graettinger, after a disturbance call on the morning of 9 November 2026. Both were charged with first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and were booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await initial appearances.
