3 arrested for breaking into Ashton

IU Police Department officers arrested three students on suspicion of burglary at the Ashton Rodgers building in Ashton Center.\nOfficers found three students outside of the building at about 10 p.m. Wednesday after an alleged unlawful entrance, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. The three students are all residents of Collins Center.\nMinger said off-duty IU-Purdue University Indianapolis officer Jared Lindley, who used to work for IUPD in Bloomington, was meeting his fiancee, a current IUPD Bloomington officer, when he saw flashlights from inside the building.\nAccording to the report, Lindley called for several other officers to report to the area. As the officers approached the building, they noticed the side door was open.\nAccording to the report, they found two of the students outside the open door. Minger said the other later exited through the door.\nMinger said one was carrying a backpack full of textbooks.\nHe said officers suspect the three climbed through an open window, took the textbooks from inside and exited through the side door.\nAccording to the report, the officers read the three their rights and transported them to the Monroe County Jail.