Suspect apprehended in robbery, kidnapping

The lone suspect in the robbery and kidnapping of an IU student was apprehended Friday after calling police and claiming he was actually the victim.\nThe Bloomington Police Department said they believe 20-year-old IU-Purdue University Indianapolis student Jared Bailey held up a 29-year-old IU-Bloomington graduate student at knifepoint. Bailey will soon face felony charges for the attack and already has pending charges of felony burglary and battery from a separate incident. Bailey is scheduled to attend a pre-trial hearing today. \nAccording to police reports, the robber knocked on the door of the victim's apartment on East 10th Street around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, showed identification saying he was a police officer and convinced the man he was needed for questioning at the police department.\nOnce inside the robber's vehicle, the man was handcuffed and asked to hand over his wallet and ATM card. The robber then drove to an ATM machine on College Mall Road, where the robber demanded the victim's pin number.\nWhen the man freed himself of the handcuffs and refused to reveal his ATM code, a struggle ensued that left the victim thrown from the vehicle and partially run over by the kidnapper's car.\nWitnesses noticed the exchange and called for an ambulance, but the victim did not go to the hospital.\n"We were very lucky to find the victim wasn't injured more than he was," BPD Sgt. Joe Sanders said. "He could've been seriously hurt."\nThough irrelevant to the charges, Sanders said police have reason to believe the victim was targeted for his physical build and international status.\n"It's one of those situations where the victim was preyed on," Sanders said. "It's unfortunate, but the man knew he was vulnerable."\nThe following day, police received a call from Bailey, who claimed he had been robbed in the same O'Malia's parking lot the preceding night. Police pulled Bailey over after leaving his house later that day, and in his car they found both a knife and a fake police identification card matching the victim's descriptions.\nThe kidnapping took place at Fountain Park Apartments, which is owned by Regency Properties. Director of properties Larry Wingate said he was shocked by the event.\n"(It's) an isolated incident from a bad apple of society," Wingate said. "You just can't have this type of element walking around in society."\n-- Contact staff writer Russell Puntenney at rpuntenn@indiana.edu .