Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Joshua Suarez, 37, Fort Wayne, charged with driving while suspended with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class A misdemeanor.
While patrolling south on 300W Sept. 9, a Markle police officer clocked a northbound pickup truck at 68 mph-55 zone and pulled it over near 700N. Suarez was the driver.
Suarez had a previous conviction for driving while suspended Dec. 3, 2021, in Wells Superior Court.
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Brian Santana Rodriguez, 26, Fort Wayne, violated probation by failing to check in with the Community Corrections program.
Probation extended six months and may terminate once his community service is complete.
Rodriguez was originally sentenced Feb. 15 on one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor.
Civil Cases
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles ordered to issue a title for two-wheeled trailer to Harvey Ziegler, Bluffton.
File Reports
Reports of receipts and expenditures of political committees have been filed with the Wells County Clerk’s office by:
• Traci for School Board, Traci Ann Neuenschwander, rural Ossian, non-partisan for the Union Township position on the Northern Wells Community Schools Board of Trustees.
For the period beginning April 9 and ending Oct. 14, the committee showed no cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, no itemized nor unitemized contributions or receipts, no itemized nor unitemized expenditures, and ended the reporting period with no cash on hand.
The committee owed no debt.
• Chase Gentis for Trustee, Jack Chase Gentis, rural Liberty Center, Republican for Liberty Township Trustee.
For the period beginning April 9 and ending Oct. 14, the committee showed no cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, no itemized nor unitemized contributions or receipts, no itemized nor unitemized expenditures, and ended the reporting period with no cash on hand.
The committee owed no debt.
• Restoring America One Community at a Time, Peter Christopher Koiner, Bluffton, Republican for an at-large position on the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan Schools Board of Trustees.
For the period beginning April 9 and ending Oct. 14, the committee showed $175 in cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period, $660.03 in itemized contributions and receipts; no unitemized contributions or receipts; $749.04 in itemized expenditures, no unitemized expenditures; and ended the reporting period with no cash on hand.
The committee owed no debt.
Itemized contributions were $26.03 from Brandon Harnish, Bluffton; $100 from Zach Rodgers, Ossian; $30 from Cherry Grimm, Bluffton; $104 from Pat Miller, Fort Wayne; $50 from Mike and Gwen Grimm, rural Keystone; $100 from Beth E. and Juan C. Causillas, Greenville, S.C.; $100 from Michael Vanover, rural Keystone; $200 from Chandler Gerber, Bluffton, $100 from John and Pam Senac, Bluffton.
Itemized expenditures were: $567.59 to Signs on the Cheap, Austin, Texas, purpose not listed; $146.62 to 48HourPrint.com, Brook Park, Ohio, for purpose not listed; and Walmart stores, Bluffton, $34.83 for purpose not listed.
• Brandon Harnish for Wells County, Brandon Harnish, Bluffton, Republican for Wells County Council District 4.
For the period beginning April 9 and ending Oct. 14, 2022, the committee showed $7,772.34 in cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period; $4,486.25 in itemized contributions and receipts; $347.19 in unitemized contributions and receipts; $6,397.74 in itemized expenditures; no unitemized expenditures; and ended the reporting period with $6,208.04 in cash on hand.
The committee owed no debt.
Itemized contributions and receipts were: $100 from Roger Muselman, Berne; $450 from Chandler Gerber, Bluffton; $250 from Rob Troxel, Fort Wayne; $250 from Jake Teshka, South Bend; $300 from Zach Pyne, Charlestown, Ind.; $500 from Jefferson Shreve, Indianapolis; $777.77 from Ben Aeschliman, Rochester; $558.48 from the candidate himself; $100 from B&B Rentals, Markle; $500 from SSA-PAC, Alexandria, Va.; $500 from Vanover for Wells County, rural Keystone; $100 from Matt Lehman for State Representative, Berne; $100 from the Committee to Elect Steve McMichael, New Haven.
Itemized expenditures were to: Veronica Wilson, rural Markle, $2,452 for campaign consultant fees and reimbursement for campaign signs; Colin Andrews for Prosecutor, Bluffton, $3,000 for purpose not specified; New Haven Print, Fort Wayne, $54.76 for stickers; Wells County Republican Party, Bluffton, $260.25 for purpose not specified; Brandon Harnish, $558.48 for fundraiser supplies; WinRed.com, $72.25 for payment processing.
• Bodner Wells Democrat, John Bodner, Ossian, Democrat for Ossian Town Council At-Large.
For the period beginning April 9 and ending Oct. 14, the committee showed no cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period; $524.10 in itemized contributions and receipts; $55.52 in unitemized contributions and receipts; $524.10 in itemized expenditures; $55.52 in unitemized expenditures; and ended the reporting period with no cash on hand.
The committee owed no debt.
The lone itemized contribution and receipt was $524.10 from the candidate himself.
Itemized expenditures were to: Sticker Mule, Amsterdam N.Y., $121.98 for sign stickers; Ossian Days Inc., Ossian, $125 for booth rental; and GoUnion Printing, St. Petersburg, Fla., $277.12, for business cards.
