The trial of an Indianapolis man accused of raping two IU students in 2014 and trying to kill a responding police officer is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Monday.
Vaylan Glazebrook, 22, is charged with 15 felonies, including seven counts of rape and one count of attempted murder. He faces life in prison.
Glazebrook broke into an off-campus apartment on East 12th Street on November 9, 2014, alongside another man, Michael Deweese, and the pair sexually assaulted two IU students at gun point repeatedly, according to court documents.
A third roommate in the home hid and called 911, saying she believed her roommates were being raped. Bloomington Police Department officer Bill Abram arrived at the apartment and began chasing two men who he saw exit the apartment through a window.
One man, who police now say was Glazebrook, fired a gun at Abram. Abram returned fire, hitting both men.
Police eventually caught Glazebrook, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his right arm and arrested him. Deweese was arrested after he was spotted fleeing in a car, driven by Jesse Benti-Torres.
Deweese received a 109-year prison sentence in 2016. Benti-Torres is charged with burglary and two counts of assisting a criminal. His case is pending.
