By SYDNEY KENT
A man from Ohio was denied a reduction in his $50,000 bond in the Wells Superior Court last week. He is currently still incarcerated in the Wells County Jail.
Steven Carl Thomas, 61, was charged with nine counts of invasion of privacy, all Class A misdemeanors, after he sent his wife a series of emails despite a no-contact order between the two. According to a probable cause affidavit, Thomas reportedly sent 12 texts and 14 emails between Nov. 2-8 — 19 of the messages referenced a prayer or religion, while others requested to remove the no contact order and referenced a call from the Department of Child Services.
The no contact order was issued due to an additional case that Thomas was out on bond for when he sent the string of emails. In early October, Thomas was charged with residential entry and breaking, a Level 6 felony, and battery with bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor.
The charges were filed after police responded to a call that Thomas refused to leave his estranged wife’s property. Officers noted a slew of broken glass from the front door of the home.
Thomas’s wife reported that the two had been separated for months, and that Thomas had not lived in the home at any point. Divorce papers, which Thomas reportedly refused to sign, were on the table. A man who witnessed the incident, as well as a victim in the battery with bodily injury charge, reported that Thomas forced his way into the residence. The man sustained minor wounds from broken glass.
A status hearing is set for 10 a.m. Jan. 16 in the Wells Superior Court for both cases.
sydney@news-banner.com
