Student arrested on rape charges

IU Police Department officers arrested an IU student for the rape of a 16-year-old female that occurred in a McNutt Quad room early Saturday morning, according to police reports.\nIU student Jacob Allan Schwartz, 18, of Read Center faces preliminary charges of a class B felony rape, the report said. \nOfficers met the female, who was visiting IU, at Bloomington Hospital at about 5 a.m. Saturday. Medical staff then "examined (the female) with respect to a sexual assault investigation," the report said. After collecting evidence from the scene of the assault, officers contacted Schwartz and escorted him to Monroe County Jail, the report said. During an interview, Schwartz admitted to the rape, the report said. \nIUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said Schwartz cooperated with the arresting officers.\nThe victim told police she had consumed alcohol earlier, causing her to feel tired and sick, the report said. She then returned to lie down in a female acquaintance's McNutt dorm room, the report said. \nThe female told police she recalled finding herself in a "state of semiconsciousness" at about 2:30 a.m., the report said. At this point, she said Schwartz took advantage of her state and raped her, the report said. She left the room a few minutes later and informed her friends of the assault, the report said, after which they took her to Bloomington Hospital for examination. \nWhen police arrived to interview the victim, she told the police she wanted them to pursue a criminal investigation and press charges against Schwartz, the report said.