Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Jay E. Roser, 60, rural Warren, pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalency of .15 percent or more with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Level 6 felony.
Sentencing set for 9 a.m. April 5.
Infractions
Stephany A. Trout, 23, Bluffton; no valid driver’s license in her possession, 1000 block of West Wabash Street.
Christian N. Poling, 25, Bluffton; failure to register a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle without insurance and failure to yield the right of way, Cherry Street at Midway Street.
James L. Paszkiet, 59, South Bend; operating a motor vehicle without insurance, driving left of center, failing to provide vehicle registration when required, and no valid driver’s license in his possession, Ind. 124 east of Ind. 1.
Complaint for possession filed by Bluffton Woods mobile home park against tenant Linda Lozano.
Daphne D. Marks, 60, Ossian; driving while suspended, Ind. 1.
Kevin I. Colon, 46, Yoder; driving while suspended and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, Main Street at the main entrance to the Walmart Supercenter/Lowe’s Home Improvement.
Joel T. Ewing, 23, Fort Wayne; no or improper license plate light and/or taillights and no valid driver’s license in his possession, Main Street at Dustman Road.
Complaints for possession and for non-payment of rent filed by BCG Capital, Bluffton, against: Christian Cox, Bluffton, $1,009.08; Michael and Lydia Isnogle, Bluffton, $1,075.
Civil Cases
Complaint for return of personal property filed by Madeline Shanks, rural Bluffton, and Jason Shanks, rural Markle.
Complaint on note totaling $52,137.74, and to foreclose mortgage at 8715W-800S, Warren, filed by Fifth Third Bank National Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, against Megan E. Hiester Kilander and David L. Kilander.
Complaint on note in an amount to be determined by the court and to foreclose mortgage at 1332 Stogdill Road filed by PNC Bank National Association, Miamisburg, Ohio, against the unknown heirs and/or devisees of Richard E. Osborn, deceased.
Petition for dissolution filed in the marriage of Teresa K. Shelley, rural Warren, and Joseph S. Shelley, rural Warren.
Wells Circuit Court
Criminal Cases
Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Dayon Charles Allen Hall, charged with six counts of child molesting, all level 1 felonies, and two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, both Level 4 felonies.
Bond continued at $250,000. Jeffrey Stineburg appointed public defender.
Hall is charged with engaging in sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 15 on multiple occasions in 2020 and early 2021.
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Trention Lynn Ecklebarger, 27, rural Bluffton, violated probation by failing to call the probation drug test hotline Feb. 4 and testing positive for alcohol on Jan. 24 and using methamphetamine Feb. 5.
Ordered to serve four days in the Wells County Jail — credited as time served.
Ecklebarger was originally sentenced Jan. 5 on one count of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 5 felony.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Dakota T. Vibbert,19, Bluffton, charged with criminal confinement with bodily injury, a Level 5 felony; domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor; interference with the reporting of a crime, a Class A misdemeanor; and minor consuming alcohol, a Class C misdemeanor.
Bond continued at $13,500. Larry Mock appointed public defender.
Bluffton police responded to the Budget Inn Feb. 14 on a report of a physical altercation between Vibbert and an older female relative in the room that they shared at the motel. Vibbert is alleged to have struck the woman at least 10 times in the head, prevented her from leaving the motel room, took her cell phone to prevent her from calling for help, and drank two shots of the woman’s alcohol (which was what apparently precipitated the fight).
