Fight breaks out at dance

IU police officers made at least two arrests in connection with a fight that broke out at a dance at the University Gym Saturday night, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from a police report.\nOfficers responded to the fight, which scattered dance guests away from the altercation and out of the gym. Pepper spray was used to break up the fight, Minger said.\nJerome Ector, Jr. was arrested and several other people were handcuffed in connection with the fight. IUPUI student Ramayel Cain was arrested after the fight for disorderly conduct. Cain was asked to leave several times as police tried to disperse the crowd outside the gym before being arrested and taken to the Monroe County Jail, according to the report.\nAccording to the report, Ector was verbally abusive to both officers and ambulance personnel who were attempting to treat minor injuries he suffered in the fight. Ector also spit in one officer's eye, and the officer received treatment from the ambulance personnel, Minger said. \nMinger said the dance is held every year during Little 500 weekend and was sponsored by the IU chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. More details about the event were not available Sunday night.