Warrants have been issued for a 29-year-old Hutchinson man who already has two cases pending involving possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, but Joshua Bietka was supposed to appear in court Wednesday on two new cases, but that wasn’t the case.

In one case, he’s charged with aggravated assault, when a Hutchinson woman says she was in fear of her safety when he allegedly came at her with a vehicle. That allegedly occurring on October 8, of last year.

The other case involved being in possession of methamphetamine. In this case, a South Hutchinson Police Officer saw him in the lobby of the Trails West Motel and knew he had an outstanding warrant. After the officer confirmed the warrant, he was arrested and in one of his pockets was clear bag with a white crystal substance that tested positive for meth. It allegedly was around a gram.

Bietka along with Lisa Teeters were arrested back on December 21 for a meth distribution case occurring at the same South Hutchinson Motel, and he was recently bound over for trial in an earlier case when he was allegedly caught selling meth in October at a car wash across from K-Mart on East 30th in Hutchinson.

Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen set bonds for the two cases totaling 30-thousand dollars because he failed to appear, however, the judge gave him until 4 p-m Wednesday to appear in his court. But he still didn’t show, so the warrants for his arrest have been issued.

It also causes some concern of whether he will show for the other two more serious cases when they come before the court.