Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Stephanie Lynn Jarrett, 29, Bluffton, was ordered to serve 365 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections with all but 68 days suspended and 297 days of probation. Jarrett pled guilty to one count of domestic battery, a Level 6 felony. She received 68 days of jail time towards her sentence. Jarrett is also required to pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $239.
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Marcus Kristofer Bishop, 31, Ossian, was sentenced to 730 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections with all but 228 days suspended and 502 days of probation. The sentence was issued after Bishop pled guilty to two counts of battery against a public official, a Level 6 felony. As part of the plea agreement, charges for strangulation, resisting law enforcement, battery, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct were dismissed.
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Victor Waters, 57, Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced to 1,095 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections will all but 30 days suspended and 730 days of probation. The sentence was issued after Waters pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated — endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor and admission to being a habitual vehicular substance offender (HVSO). Waters was also given time served towards his sentence, leaving 26 days left to execute.
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Alyssa Sue Hartman, 26, Fort Wayne, appeared in the Wells Superior Court for a dispositional hearing. Hartman was ordered to serve 60 days of her previously suspended sentence after she admitted to violating the terms of her probation. In February of last year, Hartman pled guilty to possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony, and was sentenced to 730 days with all but 162 days suspended and 568 days of probation. After she serves the 60 days of her suspended sentence, probation will terminate for Hartman.
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Brook Leann Jupin, 46, admitted to violating the terms of her probation during her dispositional hearing on Friday. She was terminated from probation as a result. In July of last year, Jupin was sentenced to 730 days at the Indiana Department of Corrections with all time suspended for two separate Level 6 felonies. One charge was for theft and another for failure to appear. She was also ordered to serve 731 days of probation. Jupin has an additional pending case for possession of cocaine, a Level 6 felony, resisting law enforcement, and unlawful use of a police radio, both criminal misdemeanors.
Wells Circuit Court
Criminal Cases
Quinten P. Byrd, 34, Bluffton, was sentenced to 1,095 days in the Indiana Department of Corrections after he pled guilty to battery resulting in bodily injury to a pregnant woman, a Level 5 felony. Byrd received 58 days of jail credit towards his sentence.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the charge was filed after Byrd strangled and abused a woman during an argument with her over his sleeping position relative to that of a baby they have in common.
