Police arrested three people on various charges during two separate traffic stops Tuesday on Interstate 65 in Jackson County.

The first investigation began around 9:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes near the 40-mile-marker just south of Uniontown when Trooper Randel Miller stopped a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu for a traffic violation, according to a news release from Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles.

During the course of that stop, the driver of the vehicle, John Jeffery Bates, 38, of Seymour gave false information about his identity, said Wheeles, public information officer for the Versailles Post.

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After his true identity was realized, Bates was found to be wanted on Jennings County warrants for battery and criminal mischief, Wheeles said.

Bates also was arrested on charges of identity theft, false informing and driving while suspended with a prior unrelated violation.

He was booked into the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown at 10:40 a.m. and is being held without bond pending his initial hearing.

The second investigation began around 5:45 p.m. when Miller stopped a 1999 Mazda passenger car in the northbound lanes near the 48-mile-marker south of Seymour for a traffic violation.

During the course of that stop, Miller said he believed the driver of the vehicle was providing false information about his identity, Wheeles said.

Miller eventually identified the driver as David Koreen Darnell, 25, of Elkhart and was able to determine he was wanted on a warrant for robbery out of that county.

Darnell was arrested on the warrant and local charges of identity theft, false informing and driving while suspended with a prior unrelated violation.

He was booked into the Jackson County Jail at 8:45 p.m. and is being held without bond pending his initial hearing. He also faces extradition to Elkhart County.

A passenger in Darnell’s vehicle, Ayla Kay Granning, 28, of Elkhart, also was found to be wanted on a warrant for robbery out of Elkhart County.

She was booked into the Jackson County Jail at 7:12 p.m. and is being held pending extradition to Elkhart County.