Wells Superior Court
Civil Cases
Complaint for payment of $1,492.01 filed by General Audit Corp., Fort Wayne, against Justin L. Scheiman, Bluffton.
Wells Circuit Court
Criminal Cases
Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Kevin Len Patat, 50, Bluffton, charged with one count of child molesting, a Level 1 felony. Bond continued at $30,000. Larry Mock appointed public defender.
Patat is charged with molesting a girl under the age of 10 between Dec. 15, 2021, and Jan. 31, 2022.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Reonte Moore, 22, Fort Wayne, charged with battery causing moderate bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond continued at $1,500. Law office of Sprunger and Sprunger appointed public defender.
At noon on March 9 Moore, who was incarcerated at the Wells County Jail, allegedly got into a fight with a fellow inmate over what TV show to watch. Surveillance video at the jail reportedly captured video images of Moore striking the other inmate 35 times in the head while the other inmate did not fight back.
