Dubois County Court News – May 23, 2023

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Traffic

Speeding: Cindy M. Nichols; Leidy Basulto Pelaez; Amber M. Cox; Ruth S. Powers; Brett D. Huffman; Varj S. Patel; William F. West; Alex M. Jusino Jusino; Patrick C. Harmon; Leticia P. Shackleford, $141.

Driving While Suspended: Lucas A. Martinez; Christopher M. Wiseman, $141.

Seatbelt Violation: Wesley J. Knies; Jerome G. Knies; Harold S. Horn, $25.

Failure to Yield Right of Way Involving Bodily Injury / Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Financial Responsibility: Durcholz R. Jerome, $141.

Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Financial Responsibility / Following Too Closely: Madysan Bell, $141.

Speeding in a School Zone: David L. Rainey, $141.

Child Restraint System Violation: Jose A. Lopez Pereira, $25.

Disregarding Lighted Signal / Open Alcoholic Beverage Container During Operation of a Motor Vehicle: Michael A. Kemp, $141.

Following Too Closely: Kyle G. Ferrier, $141.

Learner’s Permit Violation: Stanley Louis Charles; Daniel A. Perez, $141.

New Suits

Citibank, N.A. vs Jonathan Walsh, civil collection.

SNL Logistics, LLC vs Earl Horton, civil plenary.

Midland Credit Management, Inc. vs the following: Debra Corn; Alicia Ziemann, civil collection.

Capital One, N.A. vs David Elliott, civil collection.

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance a/s/o John Vaal vs Jareth Wininger, civil plenary.

Bank of America, N.A. vs Oscar Gomez, civil collection.

In the Matter of the Paternity of Presley R. Lopez, juvenile paternity.

Alyssa Pierce vs George Pierce, III, domestic relations.

In the Matter of the Paternity of Johnathan Hanes, juvenile paternity.

State of Indiana vs Drew R. Frick, reciprocal support.

Elisabeth Kunz vs Austin Kunz, domestic relations.

In the Matter of the Paternity of Kade Begle, juvenile paternity.

Donna Hall vs Dollar General Store, civil tort.

Emily Ware vs Keechan Ware, domestic relations.

Mariner Finance, LLC vs the following: Christopher Calderon; Zachary and Jordan Williams, civil collection.

Circuit Civil

Freedom Bank vs Aaron C. Seng and Dubois County Treasurer, default judgment for plaintiff, $50,044.95 plus costs, fees and interest.

Mariner Finance, LLC vs Luviminda E. Duncan, default judgment for plaintiff, $4,821.55 plus costs and interest.

Angela Porter vs Town of Ferdinand and Ferdinand Park Board, dismissed.

Circuit Criminal

State of Indiana vs the following:

Ronald Santos, pled guilty to identity deception, class A misdemeanor; sentenced to 179 days in Dubois County Security Center (DCSC), with credit for two days served and two days good time credit, remaining time suspended to 365 days supervised probation, pay fines and cots.

Chad E. Frye, pled guilty to invasion of privacy, class A misdemeanor; sentenced to 240 days in DCSC, with credit for 120 days served and 120 days good time credit (making sentence complete), pay fines and costs, sentence to run consecutively with another cause.

Travis W. Black, pled guilty to criminal confinement resulting in serious bodily injury (count 1), level 3 felony, and domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury (count 3), level 5 felony; sentenced to 3,285 days in Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) in count 1 and 1,095 days in count 3, to run consecutively and with credit for 372 days served, leaving first 1,095 days of sentence to serve in IDOC, 2,190 days to serve on work release, and 1,095 days suspended to supervised probation, undergo clinical assessment with state-certified mental health provider and comply with all treatment recommendations, enroll in and complete Batterer’s Intervention Program, shall have no contact with victim or her family members, pay fines and costs.

Robert J. Benton, pled guilty to resisting law enforcement (count 2), class A misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct (count 3), class B misdemeanor; sentenced to 365 days in DCSC in count 2 and 180 days in count 3, with credit for eight days served and eight days good time credit, remaining time suspended to supervised probation, undergo clinical assessment with state-certified mental health provider and comply with all treatment recommendations, shall take all prescribed medications as directed by physician and/or mental health provider, pay fines and costs.

Jeffrey A. Deich, pled guilty to intimidation (count 2), level 6 felony, and resisting law enforcement (count 2), class A misdemeanor; sentenced to 730 days in IDOC in count 2 and 364 days in DCSC in count 3, to run consecutively and with credit for 49 days served and 49 days good time credit, remaining time suspended to supervised probation, enroll in a minimum of 18-month inpatient/residential program at Owensboro Regional Health or other approved provider, pay fines and costs.

Matthew T. Crew, pled guilty to two counts of theft, both class A misdemeanors; sentenced to 364 days in DCSC in each count, to run concurrently and with credit for two days served, remaining time suspended to 360 days supervised probation, pay $2,331.25 in restitution to Buyer’s Market and shall not trespass on Buyer’s Market property, pay fines and costs.

Elizabeth F. Havens, pled guilty to two counts of cruelty to an animal, both class A misdemeanors; sentenced to 365 days in DCSC in each count, to run consecutively, with entire sentence suspended to 365 days unsupervised probation, pay court costs.

Natalie D. McCoy, pled guilty to cruelty to an animal, class A misdemeanor; sentenced to pay court costs.

Brendan Verkamp, pled guilty to domestic battery, level 6 felony; sentenced to 500 days in DCSC, with credit for five days served and 43 days good time credit, remaining time suspended to 452 days supervised probation, enroll in and complete Batterer’s Intervention Program, pay fines and costs.

Dillon Wade Andry, pled guilty to resisting law enforcement (count 1), level 6 felony, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (count 4), class A misdemeanor; sentenced to 548 days in DCSC in count 1 and 180 days in count 4, to run concurrently, with defendant to serve entire sentence on 540 days home detention with GPS monitoring, obtain drug/alcohol assessment and comply with all treatment recommendations, shall not possess or consume alcohol or controlled substances, submit to and pass random alcohol/drug screenings, driver’s license suspended 90 days, pay fines and costs.

Kevin D. Cruz, pled guilty to intimidation, level 6 felony; sentenced to 730 days in DCSC, with credit for two days served and two days good time credit, remaining time to serve on home detention with GPS monitoring (after which court may consider modifying sentence to class A misdemeanor), no contact with victims, pay fines and costs, sentence to run consecutively with another cause.

Trisha Kendall, pled guilty to domestic battery, class A misdemeanor; sentenced to 364 days in DCSC, with credit for two days served and two days good time credit, remaining time suspended to 360 days supervised probation, complete Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, pay fines and costs.

Superior Civil

Miranda Reller vs Bryan S. Masterson, marriage dissolved.

SNL Logistics, LLC vs Byron James Morris, agreed judgment for plaintiff, $25,071.35 plus interest.

Fifth Third Bank, National Association vs Jamie L. and Terry Schepers, dismissed without prejudice.

Lendfirm, LLC vs Travis Demontigny, default judgment for plaintiff, $1,423.39 plus interest.

LVNV Funding, LLC vs the following: Pat Gouker, agreed judgment for plaintiff, $842.69 plus costs; Jose Duran, default judgment for plaintiff, $1,412.76 plus court costs.

OneMain Financial Group, LLC vs Adam Howard, default judgment for plaintiff, $4,486.99.

Alexis Jamie Seitz vs Tabitha Nicole Kline, marriage dissolved.

TD Bank USA, N.A. vs Morgan K. Reyling-Schwartz, default judgment for plaintiff, $1,498.57 plus interest.

Superior Criminal

State of Indiana vs the following:

James K. King, pled guilty to auto theft, level 6 felony; sentenced to 540 days in IDOC, with credit for 244 days served, leaving 296 days to serve (148 days if good time credit is earned), pay $1,800 in restitution to Rodney Childress, pay court costs.

Amy M. James, pled guilty to operating a vehicle while being a habitual traffic violator, level 6 felony; sentenced to 912 days in IDOC, with credit for four days served, remainder of sentence to be stayed so long as defendant completes and graduates from Dubois County Court Program, after which defendant will serve one year on supervised probation, pay fines and costs.

Maranda Wesberry, pled guilty to theft, level 6 felony; sentenced to 720 days in DCSC, all suspended to 720 days supervised probation to be transferred to Clark County, shall not trespass at Home Depot in Jasper and pay $1,927 in restitution to same, pay fines and costs.

Dustin T. Kearby, pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (count 2), class A misdemeanor, and leaving the scene of an accident (count 6), class B misdemeanor; sentenced to 180 days in DCSC in each count, to run concurrently and with credit for 79 days served and 79 days good time credit, leaving 22 days to serve (11 days if good time credit is earned), driver’s license suspended 365 days, pay restitution to Bruce Rodeck, Jeff Durlauf and Ramona Reed, pay fines and costs.

Joseph Edward Fransted, pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, level 6 felony; sentenced to 144 days in DCSC, with credit for 72 days served and 72 days good time credit (making sentence complete), pay court costs.

Auvion Michelle Berry, pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (count 2); possession of marijuana (count 4), class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia (count 5), class C misdemeanor; sentenced to 20 days in DCSC in each count, with credit for one day served, pay fines and costs.

Jose Rodriguez Lopez, pled guilty to operating a vehicle with an ACE of 0.15 or more (count 3), class A misdemeanor, and leaving the scene of an accident (count 4), class B misdemeanor; sentenced to 365 days in DCSC, with credit for two days served and two days good time credit, remaining time suspended to 361 days supervised probation, pay restitution to Jennifer Weisheit if any is due and shall have no contact with same, shall not possess or consume alcohol or any controlled substances, submit to and pass random alcohol/drug screenings, driver’s license suspended 90 days, pay fines and costs.

Small Claims (New)

Brian and Janet Meyer vs Adrienne Gehlhausen and Skyler Anderson, eviction.

Ewing Properties vs the following: Brian Kuhs; Rahman and Brandi Smiley; Devin Breeding; Randis Viamonte, eviction.

Medical & Professional Collection Services, Inc. vs the following: Joshua W. Rominger; Dara Michelle Salamone; Cheyenne R. Ubelhor; Cindy L. Mullen; Rushine and Scott A. Moore; Shaun Eric Mehling; Zoie L. Kendall; Sandra and Ronnie Bowman; Stephen E. Isom, III; Cynthia Kay Neukam; John Phillip Kendall, complaint.

Carpenter Rentals vs the following: Amy and Jackson Deffendall and Andrew and Hanna Smith; Abbi Crays and Lauren Roach; Justin Blake and Jessica Dauby; Jamie Forler, eviction.

Melbreeze Rentals vs Jennifer and Anthony Huckelby, eviction.

Jasper Municipal Utilities vs the following: Oscar H. Flores; Chase Clark, complaint.

Small Claims

Hoosier Accounts Service vs the following: Shaina L. Dauby, judgment for plaintiff, $6,947.18 plus interest and costs; Nicholas Grissom, judgment for plaintiff, $3,296.21 plus court costs and interest; James E. Allen, III, judgment for plaintiff, $3,469.96 plus costs and interest.

Medical of Dubois vs the following: Blake M. Clements, judgment for plaintiff, $404.75 plus costs and interest; Shaina C. Shaw, dismissed; Kayleigh H. Low, judgment for plaintiff, $433.58 plus costs and interest.

Maybelline Ruiz and Humberto Sancho vs Lisa Chavis, default judgment for plaintiff, $575 plus costs and interest.

Procol, Inc. vs Kim Slunder, judgment for plaintiff, $41.49 plus costs and interest.

Kathryn Rinderknecht vs Christina Chesnut, judgment for plaintiff, $845 plus costs and interest.