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.
