Walden is accused of luring a child under age 12 into his home and committing sexual abuse. The incident – which occurred in spring or summer of 2006 or 2007 – was reported to police on May 5, according to court documents.

His attorneys said the kidnapping charge falls outside of Iowa’s state statutes of limitation of three years. Walden’s attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the charge on June 17, and the Mills County Attorney’s Office filed a motion June 19 to resist the dismissal. After Fourth District Judge James Richardson upheld the county’s motion July 7, Walden’s attorneys appealed. The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in early August and has yet to issue a ruling.

The county attorney’s office argued the charges should be merged, according to documents, because “It makes little sense that the lesser included crime of sex abuse in the second degree would have a longer statute of limitation than the kidnapping first with the element of sex abuse.”

Walden bonded out of jail June 4th. A new court date has not been scheduled.