The allegations are shocking enough, but the man we're talking about was a student at Michigan State University, studying to be a doctor. Wednesday, 24-year-old Andrew David Thompson was in East Lansing's District Court where he was formally charged with three additional counts of killing, mutilating or torturing an animal. Thompson lived in the Berry Tree apartment complex. It's located in Meridian Township just off Mount Hope near Hagadorn Road. Prosecutors believe Thompson bought several dogs over the past nine months, took them there, and killed them. Thompson is behind bars in the Ingham County Jail on a 100,000 dollar bond. "I believe that this court's decision was excessive, inappropriate, much higher than would be warranted given the nature of the charges," said George Zulakis, Thompson's attorney.
– A Michigan medical student is being charged with torturing and killing up to 14 dogs he purchased in the last nine months. Police checked on David Thompson, 24, after a tipster complained that he was bringing in a large number of dogs, mostly Italian greyhounds, that were never seen again. The Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine suspended Thompson last week when the first charges surfaced. Thompson is currently in jail, struggling to come up with his $100,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to 4 years in prison on each of the 14 charges against him, reports WLNS.