Walter Logan, arrested in the murder of Alex Shipp, faces charges over

KOKOMO, Ind.--a man of central Indiana that prosecutors say he killed his friend and stuffed the body inside a freezer unplugged faces additional charges.

Deputy of the Howard County Prosecutor Jeremy Peelle presented additional murder charges when they tried to wrongdoing, reckless homicide and confinement last week against Walter Logan, 52, of Kokomo.

Logan was held without bond Saturday at the county jail in Kokomo, about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. A jail official told The Associated Press she didn't know the name of the Attorney of Logan.

Logan's trial had been scheduled to begin Wednesday, but the Kokomo Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/15myYG3) the defense attorney of new charges prompted Logan to request a continuity. A judge resets trial on October 7.

Prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

Police looking for 29 years Alex Shipp at the beginning of December when his mother said he had not heard from her son in almost a month. Officers who went to the home of Logan found that Shipp decomposed badly but intact body in a freezer that was not plugged in.

Court documents say Logan told investigators that he and Shipp had known two years ago and had a sexual relationship. He said that one night about four weeks before, men got drunk, drugs and had sex. Later, Logan said Shipp made belligerent and wanted to fight, but Logan had bound feet and hands of Shipp and placed adhesive tape over his nose and mouth.

Logan said the researchers tried to commit suicide with pills and wrote a suicide note, but he fell asleep until he could finish writing it. When he woke up Logan, Shipp appears to be dead. Logan removed Shipp-sided tape before returning to sleep, court documents say.

Then he woke up again, Logan supposedly waited about six hours then Shipp and body to the basement, where he stuffed it inside the freezer, the documents say. When police arrived at Logan's House, they say documents, he led them through the House that stinks in the freezer.

The researchers said that although Logan does not intend to kill Shipp, he must have had made closing the mouth and nose so that he could not breathe that it would lead to his death.

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Information: Kokomo Tribune, http://www.ktonline.com

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Jonas Beachy, Amish Dog Breeder In Ohio, Has Animal Cruelty Charges Against Him Dropped

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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is angry that animal cruelty charges have been dropped against an Amish dog breeder.

The group had pushed for charges against Jonas Beachy after 52 dogs were removed from his central Ohio farm last fall. Many of them had dental disease, feces-smeared coats and paws mangled by wire mesh cages.

Circleville Law Director Gary Kenworthy dismissed the charges against Beachy on Monday because of problems securing the records of veterinarians scattered across Ohio who treated Beachy's dogs.

The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/16pivzp ) reports that the 58-year-old Laurelville-area man agreed not to raise dogs for sale over the next year unless supervised by a veterinarian.

Beachy's attorney, James Kingsley of Circleville, accused the animal activists of mounting a "crusade against Amish breeders."

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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com

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Dan Sandler, 'Evil' Elmo, Pleads Not Guilty To Extortion Charges In Girl Scouts Case

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NEW YORK — A homeless man with a history of playing an evil version of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo from coast to coast was charged Wednesday with trying to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts.

Dan Sandler, arraigned on attempted grand larceny and other charges, pleaded not guilty, and a judge ordered him held on $200,000 bail.

Prosecutors in Manhattan alleged that the defendant, who also goes by the name Adam Sandler, last year began sending and leaving harassing emails and voice mails for a Girl Scouts supervisor he met while working a temp job at the nonprofit. They said that when the supervisor told him to stop contacting her, he threatened to spread false rumors about sex abuse in the organization unless it gave him a high-paying position or made him a millionaire.

"I want a telecommute job from home of life at 150K," prosecutors say he wrote in one of several rambling emails. "Or a two million dollar cash settlement. As you know, the newspapers like to cover my evil Elmo scenario."

Sandler also cautioned, "How you treat me as a person will go a long way in regards to how I treat the Girl Scouts in the press, on the Internet and on u-tube," authorities said. Attached to another email was a photo of an Elmo costume stuffed in the trunk of a car, titled "Interstate Kidnapping of Elmo."

The emails "became increasingly alarming and bizarre," said Assistant District Attorney Lauren Littman.

Defense attorney Lawrence Gerzog, arguing for lower bail, told the judge that his client has "mental health issues" and that his rants were never a real threat.

There was no immediate response to a message left Wednesday with the Girl Scouts.

Sandler, 49, was accused last year of going on an anti-Semitic tirade while in a furry red Elmo costume in Times Square, where hustlers often dress up as pop culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with tourists. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to two days of community service.

He left New York and took his Elmo act to San Francisco, where he lived in a car, authorities said. He was arrested there on a warrant in the New York extortion case on May 9.

He told an investigator following his arrest that he was being followed by the State Department, authorities said.

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