Wells Superior Court
Criminal Cases
Jeffrey Holloway, 67, Huntington, was sentenced to 60 days in the Wells County Jail with all but two days suspended. The sentence was issued after Holloway pled guilty to reckless driving, a Class C misdemeanor, in the Wells Superior Court last week. One count for operating while intoxicated — endangering a person, and driving with an ACE of .15 or more, both Class A misdemeanors, was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Holloway was also ordered to serve 363 days of probation and pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $564.50.
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Jared Isaac Williams, 33, Bluffton, appeared in the Wells Superior Court for an initial hearing last Tuesday. Williams was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a narcotic drug, both Level 6 felonies, resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor. Williams’ bond, originally set at $6,500, was reduced to $1,500 during his hearing. Williams is scheduled for a status hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 27 in the Wells Superior Court.
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Paula Thieman, 48, Bluffton, appeared in the Wells Superior Court for an initial hearing last Tuesday. Williams was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a narcotic drug, both Level 6 felonies, possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor, and possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. Thiemans’ bond was reduced to $1,500 during her hearing. Thieman is scheduled for a status hearing at 1 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the Wells Superior Court.
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Michael K. O’Rourke, 37, Fort Wayne, appeared in the Wells Superior Court for a hearing to revoke his suspended sentence. In January, O’Rourke was originally sentenced to 365 days in the Wells County Jail with all but 90 days suspended, and 255 days of probation. The sentence was issued after he pled guilty to invasion of privacy, a Class A misdemeanor. O’Rourke admitted to violating his probation at his hearing last week. He was ordered to serve 60 days of the suspended sentence with probation terminated upon his release from incarceration. O’Rourke was also ordered to pay court costs and filing fees in the amount of $285 when he was sentenced in January. The fines are unpaid as of yet.
