Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Joshua M. Sergent 35, rural Bluffton, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of methamphetamine, both Level 6 felonies.
Sentenced to 912 days in prison with all but 270 days suspended on the first count and to 912 days in prison, all suspended, on the second count. The terms are to be served consecutively. Placed on probation for 642 days on the first count and 912 days on the second aggregating 1,554 days of probation.
Credited for 182 days spent in confinement awaiting disposition of his case.
Ordered to pay court costs and probation fees.
On Jan. 20, Bluffton police officers responded to the 300 block of East Market Street on a report that Sergent was seen walking on the sidewalk by an officer and the officer knew that he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
Sergent was placed under arrest without incident, however upon being booked into the Wells County Jail, a jailer reported finding a slender glass tube in one of Sergent’s pockets that contained residue of methamphetamine.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Caleb Zachary Hollett, 29, rural Bryant, charged with possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor; operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in his body, a Class C misdemeanor; and speeding. Bond was continued at $25,000.
On April 19, a sheriff’s deputy pulled over a 2017 Nissan Rouge that Hollett was driving on Ind. 116 near 600E after clocking it at 70 mph-55 zone.
While speaking with Hollett, the deputy reported smelling an odor of burned marijuana. Hollett allegedly admitted to having smoked marijuana during his lunch break at work.
The deputy asked Hollett if he had any marijuana in the vehicle. He reportedly said he had “a bowl,” a slang term for a glass pipe used to ingest marijuana or other illegal substances.
The deputy took possession of the “bowl” and noted that there was a green leafy substance packed into the bowl of the pipe.
A SoToxa test allegedly showed the presence of cannabis in Hollett’s blood.
Jadon D. Agler, 18, rural Berne, pleaded guilty to theft, a Class A misdemeanor.
Sentenced to a year in the Wells County Jail, with all but two days suspended — credited as time served, and placed on probation for 363 days.
Ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined to his victim, court costs and probation fees.
Agler was charged with stealing a credit card from the wallet of a YMCA patron in the locker room of the YMCA April 7.
Surveillance video reportedly showed Agler — who is also a patron of the YMCA — enter the locker room when no one else was inside, and then moments later exit with what appeared to be a credit card in his hand. He then left the YMCA altogether, but reportedly used the credit card at the McDonald’s restaurant nearby. Surveillance footage from the restaurant reportedly matched that from the YMCA of the suspect.
The McDonald’s video also captured an image of the vehicle Agler was driving and the video matched that of surveillance video from the parking lot of the YMCA. The suspect was seen entering a vehicle and leaving the YMCA parking lot.
Moments later, surveillance video images of Agler were captured at the Airplane Express convenience store where he again reportedly used the credit card.
Agler also is alleged to have stolen cash from the wallet. Upon questioning by a Bluffton police officer he allegedly admitted to the theft stating he needed the money.
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Donavin Raemone Blash, 18, Fort Wayne, charged with possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond continued at $5,500.
On March 29, Wells County EMS, Ossian Fire Department first responders and sheriff’s deputies responded to an Ossian residence on a report of a male who had possibly overdosed on a narcotic drug. Blash was the male.
While medical aid was being administered to Blash, the investigating detective reportedly found a crushed white powder on the bathroom sink and a small straw with the same residue on it that would commonly be used to ingest a powdered substance into one’s nose.
During a search of the residence, deputies also reportedly located empty THC vaping cartridges. THC is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
A female in the residence reportedly told the detective that she believed the crushed pill was a “Dirty 30,” a slang term for a “fake Percocet.” Percocet is a prescription pain killer, for which Blash reportedly did not have a prescription.
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Preliminary pleas of not guilty entered for Robert Allan Caylor, 28, rural Montpelier, and Trey Allen O’Reilly, 22, Bluffton, both charged with possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond in each case continued at $1,500. Public defender Larry Mock appointed for O’Reilly.
Bluffton police responded to a Bluffton motel April 10 on a report of a smell of marijuana emanating from a room of the motel.
The officer observed that there was no odor outside of the room but when O’Reilly opened the door, reportedly a strong odor of burned marijuana emanated from the interior of the room.
Officers spoke with both O’Reilly and Caylor and after some questioning, they allegedly admitted to having some marijuana and had thrown it into the toilet bowl, In the bowl there was a marijuana cigarette that had been smoked.
Upon further questioning, O’Reilly allegedly admitted there was also a plastic bag of marijuana in a drawer and removed it from the drawer for the officer.
Caylor allegedly admitted that he had purchased “a little bit of weed to smoke with a friend before going into work.”
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Preliminary plea of not guilty entered for Dustin David Thompson, 37, Fort Wayne, charged with three counts of theft with a prior conviction for the same or a similar offense, all Level 6 felonies, and failure to appear in court, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond continued at $1,500. Allison Sprunger appointed public defender.
There was no probable cause affidavit filed with the case to explain why the charges were lodged against Thompson.
