Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Damon Bleau Marquart, 18, Bluffton, pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with a prior conviction for the same or a similar offense, a Class A misdemeanor.
Sentenced to a year in the Wells County Jail with the term of the sentence to be served consecutively with any sentence meted in a case in Wells Circuit Court where Marquart is charged with violating probation from an April 19 sentencing for possession of a Schedule I, II, III, of IV controlled substance, a Level 6 felony.
Placed on probation for one year.
Ordered to pay court costs and probation fees.
Marquart was on probation from his Circuit Court case May 24 when the probation department requested that Bluffton police search his apartment for illegal substances.
During the course of the search, an officer reportedly located a “smell-proof” bag in a pocket of a coat Marquart owned. When the officer asked Marquart about the bag, he reportedly admitted that it was his. The officer found a lighter, a vaping pen and a small amount of marijuana crumbs inside the bag.
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Ashley Kinsey, 38, rural Uniondale, violated probation by being arrested for possession of methamphetamine, a Level 5 felony; possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 5 felony; possession of a legend drug, a Level 6 felony; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor; failing a drug screen Nov. 23, 2021, and April 13 by testing positive for methamphetamine both times; and failing to comply with the counseling requirement of her original sentence.
Ordered to serve 150 days in the Wells County Jail.
Upon completion of her term of incarceration, her probation will terminate.
Kinsey was originally sentenced Sept. 24, 2021, on one count of driving while suspended with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Makiya Devanna Nicol Craine, 18, Bihalia, Miss., charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle without ever having received a driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor, entered into a contract to withhold prosecution/pre-trial diversion.
Ordered to pay $254 in costs and fees and take all necessary steps to acquire a valid driver’s license.
The duration of the contract is 12 months. If Craine successfully completes the terms of the contract, the charge against her will be dismissed.
At 10:39 p.m. July 22, a Bluffton police officer pulled over a Nissan Rogue driven by Craine in the 300 block of South Main Street because the vehicle did not have its lights on.
Craine reportedly admitted to the officer that she did not have a driver’s license.
Then, at 10:11 p.m. July 23, Craine was arrested again on the exact same charge after a Bluffton police officer pulled over the same Nissan Rogue after noticing it driving without its headlights activated on Main Street at Capri Court.
