Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Dennis A. Bower, 42, rural Poneto, charged with operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalency of .15 percent or more, a Class A misdemeanor.
Deputies were attempting to find Bower to perform a welfare check on him Oct. 4, 2022, when they located him driving on a county road and pulled over the pickup truck he was driving.
A blood test, the results of which were received on Jan. 25 by the investigating sheriff’s deputy, reportedly revealed a blood alcohol concentration for Bower of .152 percent.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Angela M. Smith, 42, Ossian, charged with two counts of battery, one count of criminal mischief and one count of disorderly conduct — all Class B misdemeanors. Larry Mock appointed public defender.
Smith is charged with throwing a cup of coffee and a cigarette at a man in a pickup truck in the parking area of the Bluffton Citgo gas station on North Main Street Jan. 20. Apparently she was angered that he had parked his vehicle near the drive-through window and they argued briefly about it before she allegedly threw the cup and the cigarette at his vehicle.
Civil Cases
Judgment of $996 plus $115 in costs and writ of possession entered for Silo Farms mobile home park against tenants Chance Simmons and Whitney Dishman.
Declare Candidacy
Declarations of candidacy for municipal primary nomination have been filed with the Wells County Clerk’s Office by:
• Sarah Jane Reed, Bluffton, Republican for Bluffton Common Council District 5.
• Blake Andrew Fiechter, Bluffton, Republican for Bluffton Common Council At-Large.
Marriage Licenses
Jessica Ann Elwell, 29, Bluffton, and Joshua Michael Shoemaker, 38, Bluffton.
Shadow Anthony DeWayne Fravel, 31, Decatur, and Brittany Lee Guiterrez, 35, Ossian.
