<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Atwov_0uxsIu2q00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Atwov_0uxsIu2q00" width="316" height="300" ><figcaption>Logan Petre</figcaption></figure><p>A young man who's already facing a charge of murder in La Salle County has allegedly bought himself even more trouble inside the jail in Ottawa.</p><p>Twenty-one-year-old Logan Petre of Marseilles has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of aggravated battery. The State's Attorney's office tells WLPO News that Petre allegedly committed battery on a fellow prisoner.</p><p>This is just one incident of many that have been tied to Petre. He's accused of murdering his father over Father's Day weekend, which is the offense that has him locked up now. Prosecutors say he repeatedly hit his 54-year-old father in the head, and strangled him, at their home in Marseilles. Law enforcement reports that Petre has since said that he'd wished his father had died more slowly. In the past couple of years, Petre has been charged with other crimes in La Salle County, including home invasion, trespassing, and aggravated battery. Petre is due back in court Thursday.</p></div></body>

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Accused Murderer Indicted For Battering A Fellow Inmate At La Salle County Jail

A young man who's already facing a charge of murder in La Salle County has allegedly bought himself even more trouble inside the jail in Ottawa. Twenty-one-year-old Logan Petre of Marseilles has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of aggravated battery. The State's Attorney's office tells WLPO News that Petre allegedly committed battery on a fellow prisoner.