Police: Inmate Forgotten, Foodless For 2 Days

INDIANAPOLIS -- A sheriff's deputy was fired and two others were punished because an inmate was inadvertently left in a court holding cell and without food for two days, authorities said Monday.

The inmate, James Logan, was put into a holding cell at the City-County Building after being sentenced in a court there to two years of incarceration on drug charges. At the end of the day, deputies were supposed to return him to jail, but he was forgotten, police said.

"(A deputy) told me that he was going to come back and get me, but he never came back," Logan (pictured) recalled to reporters on Monday evening.

Logan stayed in the cell alone and foodless until about 4 p.m. Sunday, when a deputy went to the building to retrieve something and noticed him, police said. Logan was without food for about 50 hours but did have access to a toilet and a fountain that provided drinking water, authorities said.

"No blankets. It was cold," Logan said Monday.

Court security Deputy Tucker Parker was fired and court security Deputy Richard Edgemont was suspended for two days because of the incident. Lt. James Wampler was demoted to sergeant and suspended for 10 days, 6News' Tanya Spencer reported.

Police said Wampler was the supervisor on duty and didn't check the cell before leaving on Friday.

Logan was convicted of cocaine possession, cocaine dealing and resisiting law enforcement.