Man turns himself in to Alaska police \nANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Indiana man wanted on murder charges in his home state has turned himself in to Alaska State Troopers.\nNathan A. Dalton, 28, identified himself to troopers in Talkeetna this week, according to a trooper report.\nDalton is the only suspect in the suffocation death of Hinds, according to a report in Johnson County's The Daily Journal newspaper.\nA warrant for his arrest was issued in late June.\nDalton traveled to Alaska to grieve after Hinds' death, his parents told the Indiana newspaper.\nDalton was being held at a detention facility in Palmer until he can be extradited by Indiana authorities, Troopers said.\nDalton's father is a minister and his parents have posted a sign in their kitchen window that reads, "Nathan Dalton is innocent, God knows."
Indiana man accused of abusing children on Army post\nPADUCAH, Ky. -- A man accused of sexually abusing children while baby-sitting for a family at Fort Campbell was indicted by a federal grand jury, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber said Friday.\nBrendan Allen Shaw, 18, of Tell City, Ind., was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of children less than 12 years old.\nShaw is accused of abusing three young children between March 1 and June 21 of this year, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Hancy Jones III.\nThe alleged abuse occurred at the family's residence at the Army post along the Kentucky-Tennessee border, Jones said.\nThe children's mother is a soldier at Fort Campbell, he said.\nShaw is not a member of the military, authorities said.\nShaw was freed over prosecutors' objections during a detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge David King. Shaw's arraignment was scheduled for July 28 before King.\nIf convicted, Shaw could be sentenced to life in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count.
Company vying for casino buy out\nINDIANAPOLIS -- Midwest investors vying to operate a casino in Orange County have bought out their French partner to eliminate potential bias against a foreign owner.\nLost River Development, one of three companies bidding for the casino to be opened in or near French Lick, is now majority-owned by Lauth Property Group of Indianapolis and Merit Gaming of Chicago.\nGroupe Tranchant, a French company that operates resort casinos in Europe and the Caribbean, is no longer involved, project spokeswoman Myra Borshoff Cook said.\n"Unfortunately in today's environment with the war and all the craziness, it was an issue," Merit Gaming president Joseph Canfora told The Courier-Journal of Louisville Thursday. "The French government has been a pain for us (the United States), and we didn't want to be perceived as unpatriotic."\nThe companies did not release the purchase price.\nLauth now owns 58.5 percent of the Lost River partnership, Merit owns 38.5 percent, and two other Indiana investors own a combined 3 percent.\n"Lauth is a long-time Indiana-owned entity, and that was the motivation," Cook said. "With all the (recent political) emphasis on keeping business in Indiana, they thought this would be something that would give them something of an edge."\nFormer NBA star Larry Bird and billionaire Donald Trump are principals in investment groups also vying for the state contract to build a casino near the struggling community 60 miles northwest of Louisville, Ky.\nA local panel has met with all three applicants and made a confidential recommendation to the Indiana Gaming Commission. Public hearings on the proposals are scheduled for July 19, and the commission could decide who will get the license as early as July 20, according to Jennifer Arnold, a gaming commission spokeswoman.
