Charges were filed Monday against Roger Welch, 53, rural Moran, and Zeffrey Tyler Doolittle, 17, Mapleton, who suffered minor back wounds when he was hit by pellets from a shotgun blast allegedly fired by Welch.
Welch was charged with aggravated battery, a level 7 felony. Doolittle was charged with attempted theft and criminal trespassing.
The incident in which Doolittle suffered the shotgun pellet wounds unfolded the night of Dec. 23 on Welch’s land, about five miles northwest of Bronson.
Allen County officers said…
