Johnathan David Bell v. State of Indiana

── Johnathan David Bell v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01755 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 12, 2026 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Jefferson Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Scheele concur Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on March 5, 2025, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Sergeant Devlin McMindes was driving north on State Road 7 when he saw an approaching southbound vehicle driven by Bell that “appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed.” Tr. Vol. 2 at 90. The sergeant’s radar clocked Bell at eighty-one miles per hour in a fifty-five-miles-per-hour zone. Bell drove past Sergeant McMindes, who activated the red-and-blue emergency lights on the rear of his vehicle.