Students investigated for cell phone stun gun use in dorms

Two McNutt-Bordner residents drew attention from their resident assistant Thursday evening when they ran through the floor bathroom shooting each other with stun guns.\nAccording to IU Police Department reports, officers were notified that suspicious activity was occurring in McNutt Quad around 9 p.m. The RA, who reported that two students were "shocking one another with devices that looked like cell phones," identified the subjects to police. The officers entered the dorm room of the subjects, who said all they had were cell phones.\nMinutes later, the RA called the IUPD back, claiming to have found a picture of the device on the Internet, which was later confirmed to be a stun gun. After speaking with the men in McNutt, officers confiscated a stun gun and a canister of pepper spray that contained 10 percent of oleoresin capsicum.\nMinger said the pepper spray contained the same intensity of OC that IUPD officers carry.\nMinger said the students were not arrested because what they had was not illegal; carrying a stun gun was only against University policy and University regulations. Both the stun gun and pepper spray were turned over to the IUPD as evidence. \n"The items were confiscated, and the Dean of Students was informed," Minger said. "The evidence will most likely will be used in a judicial hearing as a breach of the student code of conduct"