Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Probation terminated as unsuccessful for Leonard William Delong Jr., 35, Van Wert, Ohio, who was sentenced Oct. 14, 2021, on one count of leaving the scene of a property damage accident, a Class B misdemeanor. Ordered to pay $345 in fees.
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Jarvis Moore, 25, Anderson, violated probation by failing to report to his probation officer Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, 2022.
Ordered to serve 60 days in the Wells County Jail. Credited for six days spent in confinement awaiting disposition of his case.
Upon completion of the sentence, his probation will terminate.
Moore was originally sentenced Oct. 17, 2022, on one count of criminal recklessness, a Class B misdemeanor.
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Daniel Allen Brown, 31, Markle, violated probation by failing to report to his probation officer July 11, 2022, and testing positive for fentanyl during a random drug screening July 6, 2022.
Ordered to serve 60 days in the Wells County Jail. Credited for four days spent in confinement awaiting disposition of his case.
Ordered to pay $165 in fees.
Upon completion of his sentence his probation will terminate.
Brown was originally sentenced March 8, 2022, on one count of leaving the scene of a property damage accident, a Class B misdemeanor.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Yull Thomas Bailey Jr., 42, Bluffton, charged with false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. Bond continued at $1,000. Larry Mock appointed public defender.
While on patrol Jan. 18, a Bluffton police officer spotted a suspicious white pickup truck in the parking lot of the Bargain Hut on Spring Street. The officer observed there was one person looking in the dumpster of the Bargain Hut and two people in the passenger compartment of the truck.
As the officer was requesting backup, the man who reportedly had been looking in the dumpster had gotten back into the cab of the pickup truck. The officer pulled into the parking lot of the business.
The officer was able to identify two of the people, but the third did not have any form of identification with him. He allegedly told the officer his name was “Tommy Bailey” and that he was from Michigan. The officer asked him for his Social Security number but he claimed to not know it, nor could he seem to spell the name of the town he claimed to be from in Michigan.
Officer performed a computer check on “Tommy Bailey” through databases in both Indiana and Michigan but could find no match to the information Bailey was providing.
One of the officers on scene reportedly recognized the man identifying himself as Tommy Bailey as Yull Bailey. Another officer decided to perform a computer check on Yull Thomas Bailey, who had previous encounters with law enforcement, and discovered that a photo included with the files on Yull Bailey matched the appearance of “Tommy Bailey.” Tattoos listed in the file also matched the tattoos on
“Tommy Bailey.”
Bailey reportedly had an active warrant for his arrest on another matter and officers concluded that was likely the reason he was being evasive in identifying himself.
The first officer on scene then approached Bailey and called to him by his name and he did not correct the officer. The officer told him he was under arrest for false informing.
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James Marshal Parks, 29, Fort Wayne, violated probation by failing to report to his probation officer Dec. 29, Dec., 30, 2022, and Jan. 4.
Ordered to serve six days in the Wells County Jail, credited as time served.
Parks was originally sentenced Dec. 29, 2022, on one count of invasion of privacy, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Helen A. Gonzalez, 21, Fort Wayne, charged with operating a motor vehicle without ever having received a driver’s license, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; operating a motor vehicle without insurance, a Class A infraction; and speeding, a Class C infraction.
At 6:50 a.m., Jan. 17, a Bluffton police officer on patrol on Main Street spotted an oncoming 2010 Ford Expedition that he believed was exceeding the speed limit and clocked it at 53 mph-40 zone.
The officer turned around and pulled the Expedition over near the Wabash Central railroad crossing on Main Street.
Upon speaking with the driver, identified as Gonzalez, the officer learned that she did not have a driver’s license or any form of identification with her. The officer also observed that the interior of the Expedition smelled of marijuana. The officer had Gonzalez exit the vehicle and told her what he was smelling. Gonzalez denied she used marijuana.
A search of the vehicle reportedly turned up a vaping pen below the driver’s seat with a cartridge that had an oil inside that allegedly had the odor of marijuana.
In the center console of the vehicle, the officer allegedly found a bag with several empty containers that all had the label “marijuana product” on them, and a marijuana cigarette in the cupholder of the vehicle.
The Expedition was also reportedly not insured.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Mary A. Marsillett, 24, Bluffton, charged with disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor. Larry Mock appointed public defender.
Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Donald Wayne Wells Jr., 24, Bluffton, charged with disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor. Cory Spreen appointed public defender.
Marsillet and Wells were both arrested by warrant after police responded to their Westgate Road residence at 3:33 a.m. Dec. 2, 2022, on a report of a physical altercation between the two. Neither reportedly wished to pursue domestic battery charges.
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Loyall D. Grogg, 70, Bluffton, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor.
Sentenced to a year in the Wells County Jail, with all but two days suspended, and placed on probation for 345 days.
Credited for four days spent in confinement awaiting disposition of his case.
Ordered to report to a substance abuse program, pay a $200 Countermeasures fee, court costs and probation fees.
Driver’s license suspended for one year.
As part of a plea agreement, charges of possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in his body, a Class C misdemeanor; possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor; and driving left of center, a Class C infraction, were all dismissed.
While patrolling westbound on River Road at 5:50 p.m. Oct. 19, a Bluffton police officer spotted a pickup truck coming toward him that had crossed the center line of the road and had stayed across the center line before making a right turn onto Wayne Street. The pickup truck reportedly did not signal a turn.
The officer fell in behind the pickup truck on Wayne Street and noted in his report to the court that the truck again crossed the center line near Spring Street. The officer pulled the GMC Sierra over and spoke with the driver, identified as Grogg. The officer further observed in his report that the interior of the vehicle smelled strongly of raw marijuana.
The officer asked Grogg how much marijuana was inside the cab of the pickup truck. He reportedly replied “a few roaches.” A roach is a slang term for a marijuana cigarette. Grogg allegedly admitted to having “taken a hit or two” before driving.
Grogg failed two of three field sobriety tests but blew zeros on a Breathalyzer test.
A second officer who arrived to assist with the traffic stop reported finding a marijuana cigarette, a small plastic container inside of which was a small plastic bag containing a green leafy plant material with the odor and appearance of marijuana, and a small grinder.
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One-day jury trial set for 9 a.m. May 19 for Beulan R. Davis, 51, Bluffton, charged with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony, and possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.
