WARSAW — Initial hearings, for those individuals, arrested are normally routine: charges read, constitutional rights explained, sentencing terms, status of an attorney and future court dates set. Normally the hearings last no more than 15 minutes. However, an initial hearing Thursday for one individual resulted in the initial hearing being anything but routine.

John Mitchell Uzubell, 34, whose address with the courts was last listed as 530 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, appeared for his initial hearing on intimidation charges. He now states his address is 9902 N. Fourth of July Ave., Cromwell.

Events began to unfold after Uzubell and two others were brought to Superior Court 1 by a county jailer. Christanne Hampton, deputy prosecuting attorney, presented Uzubell with his charges. He loudly stated he had paid an attorney $2,500 and he shouldn’t be there. Shortly thereafter Hampton left the courtroom, returning a short time later.

Throughout the initial hearing and often while Judge David Cates was speaking, Uzubell voiced numerous statements: that he was filing a million dollar lawsuit against the county because his mailbox had been shot, his debit/credit card was stolen, that the prosecution had a video of what happened to him. He also said he paid a law firm, but they had his bond revoked, He asked what happened to his $50 million fake diamond ring, a platinum watch, that his identification was forged. He also made comments while other people were going through their initial hearings.

Initially not answering the judge’s question as to his correct address, Uzubell provided the address where all his belonging are, giving his date of birth, Social Security number and a reference to Crown Point. He also informed the court, while his charge was being read and explained, that for three months he was being tortured, his wrist slit and of being beaten.

At one point Cates stated, “We can get through this now or later.” This was the only time Uzubell provided a direct response, stating, “Do it now.”

Comments continued throughout the remainder of the initial hearing, talking while the judge or prosecutor were speaking and at one point propping one of his feet on the railing of the jury box. Cates reprimanded Uzubell, sternly stating “Put your foot down.”

Uzubell continued with such comments as demanding the court get his medication, bring in the Drug Enforcement Administration and his doctor from Bowen Center, as well as telling the court he was on disability through Social Security, paying cash twice to the secretary of a law firm, his bond being rejected and a promissory note placed on the computer.

When Uzubell stated he didn’t know what he was being charged with, nor heard the statute read to him, Cates commented, “You shouldn’t have been talking.” Uzubell also told the court “I wrote the constitution, I know them all, which one do you want to know?” He also admonished the court for not swearing him in on a Bible, violating his constitutional rights.

Asking where his bond was, and that he had his credit card where he could get cash, but right now someone was stealing from him, the judge explained his bond was $5,000 surety and $250 cash.