Wells Superior Court

Criminal Cases

Skylor Gearlds, 33, was sentenced to 730 days in prison with 534 days suspended and 196 days of jail credit towards his sentence; Gearlds is required to serve 531 days on probation.

 The sentence was issued after Gearlds pled guilty to one count of failure to register as a sex offender, a Level 6 felony. Gearlds is also ordered to pay court costs and filings fees in the amount of $189.

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David Lonnie Lawhorne, Jr., 28, New Haven, was sentenced to one year in the Wells County Jail with all but six days suspended. Lawhorne Jr. was sentenced after he pled guilty to one count of domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor. Lawhorne Jr. is also required to serve 359 days on probation and pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $239.

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Joseph Anderson, 30, Fort Wayne, was sentenced to 90 days under the supervision of Community Corrections with four days of jail credit. 

Anderson pled guilty to one count of possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor. Two counts for unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, both Level 6 felonies, were dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement. Anderson is also required to pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $389.50.

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Donovan E. Clark, 68, Bluffton, pled guilty to one count of battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, a Level 6 felony. A sentencing hearing is scheduled in this case at 9 a.m. on June 24 in the Wells Superior Court.

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Miguel Angel Hernandez Lopez, 22, Fort Wayne, was ordered to pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $189.50, as well as a fine of $10.50 after he plead guilty to operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license, a Class C misdemeanor.