Drug paraphernalia found in IU Motor Pool rental car

An IU transportation employee found drug paraphernalia with remnants of marijuana Monday in an IU rental car that had last been issued to the Indiana Daily Student, said IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from a police report.\nMinger said IUPD informed a representative from the IDS on Monday about the incident and the individual who said he had rented the car came to the station and spoke with detectives on his own accord Tuesday afternoon.\nBecause no individual citation had been issued, the individual's name was not released by press time. Minger said the case is still active because the detective who had been assigned the case was not available at the time the individual came to speak with police.\nIDS Editor in Chief Rick Newkirk said the IDS does not have a policy that specifically addresses this issue and he will wait to see if a citation or charge is issued before taking action.\n"We are waiting at this point to see a police report," Newkirk said. "When that is made public, we will take any appropriate action."\nMan arrested after kicking side of car at stoplight\nIUPD arrested a man early Tuesday morning who had kicked the side of a car while it was waiting for a stoplight and resisted officers' attempts to detain him, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nMinger said officers received a call from a man complaining that he had been waiting at the stoplight of 10th and Union streets when a man he did not know kicked the side of his vehicle. According to the report, the man had caused an estimated $200 worth of damage.\nMinger said officers tracked down the subject and identified him by his Korean passport as Seung Y. Baek. According to the report, officers arrested him and found he had about $1,600 in his pocket.\nBaek smelled strongly of alcohol and had difficulty standing and answering questions, according to the report.\nMinger said Baek became upset and told officers his brother had died.\nAfter they reached the jail and exited the police car, Baek ran away and tried to escape through a motorized door that had not closed completely, according to the report. Minger said that while Baek was running away, he was yelling and still had his handcuffs on.\nAccording to the report, when officers caught up with him, he continued to struggle, causing IUPD Officer Tom Kuhlenschmidt to receive three cuts on his right palm. Minger said a deputy from the jail ran out and assisted Kuhlenschmidt in subduing Baek.\nAccording to the report, officers checked Baek into the Monroe County Correctional Center under preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement, escape from lawful detention, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Minger said disorderly conduct and public intoxication are misdemeanor charges. Because the resist resulted in an injury to a police officer, Minger said the preliminary charge of resisting law enforcement was upgraded to a class D felony and the preliminary charge of escape from lawful detention was upgraded to a class B felony.\nBaek did not return e-mails by press time.