Pacific County Superior Court

Published 9:15 am Tuesday, September 12, 2023

SOUTH BEND — The following cases were among the hearings on the Sept. 8 Pacific County Superior Court docket:

John C. George

John C. George, 64, faces three counts of delivery of a controlled substance and one count of using a building for illegal drug purposes. George entered a waiver of speedy trial effective Sept. 8 through Dec. 7, and his current trial date of Sept. 26 was stricken. The court set a new trial date for Nov. 28 and a pretrial hearing for Sept. 29.

Jamie R. Brown

Jamie R. Brown, 48, was arrested on July 27 and is charged with ten counts of delivery of a controlled substance and two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. His trial is scheduled for Sept. 18, but his indigent defense counsel, Justin Kover, has requested to withdraw from representing Brown due to a conflict. The court set a review hearing for Sept. 15 to examine the issue.

Matthew M. Pearson

Matthew M. Pearson, 38, faces three separate cases for second-degree assaults, delivery of a controlled substance, and possession of stolen vehicles. His indigent defense attorney, David Hatch, requested the court reduce Pearson’s bail. Judge Donald J. Richter denied the motion, and all three cases were set over to Oct. 13 for pretrial hearings.

Richard F. Lian

Richard F. Lian, 60, was arrested May 19 while working at the 101 Quick Stop in Raymond. He faces two counts of delivery of a controlled substance. He entered a waiver of speedy trial effective from Oct. 1 through Dec. 1, and his trial that was scheduled to begin on Sept. 26 was stricken. The court reset his trial for Nov. 13 and set a pretrial hearing for Oct. 13.

Kenneth C. Moe

Kenneth C. Moe, 25, was arrested on May 28 after his then-girlfriend reported he was engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Moe faces two counts of third-degree rape of a child, possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and supplying liquor to a minor.

His trial was expected to be set during the hearing but was instead set over to Sept. 15.

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