IUPD responds to pair of assaults during weekend

A female reported to the IU Police Department that she was sexually assaulted by a nonstudent in a "party-like atmosphere" in the Delta Kappa Epsilon house early Sunday morning, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nAt about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, officers met with the victim at Bloomington Hospital after she had submitted to a sexual assault evidence collection.\nAccording to the report, she said at about 2 a.m. she and an 18-year-old male whom she had met at the party had gone into one of the resident's rooms. She reported that he then sexually assaulted her.\nMinger said she reported she was not able to leave until somebody knocked on the door, at which time she told her friends what had happened. She said that under the advice of a family member who was present, she went to the hospital.\nAccording to the report, the suspect is not a college student and was visiting a member of the house.\nMinger said the victim reported that alcohol was involved in the encounter.\nA female reported to the IUPD that she was assaulted in the Phi Kappa Psi house early Saturday morning.\nAccording to the police report, the victim said she was dancing with a friend at a party in the house at about 1 a.m. when a man that she knew and considered a friend reached around her, grabbed her breasts and walked away.\nMinger said the victim reported she became upset and instructed him not to do that anymore, and a verbal altercation ensued. She said after he walked away she approached him again and began to question him a second time. According to the report, the victim said they then began throwing beer on each other.\nMinger said she reported that he continued to argue, becoming increasingly verbally abusive. She said he then grabbed her around the neck, started to choke her and banged her head against the wall. She said he then threw her into the wall.\nMinger said the victim reported that she couldn't remember everything, but that her necklace broke as he was choking her.\nAccording to the report, the victim had bruises and scratches around her neck and upper chest and a substantial bump on the left side of the back of her head.