Woman robs IU student

A Bloomington woman robbed an IU student of her purse after she became upset because the student was talking too loudly on her cell phone, police said.\nBloomington police arrested Rachel Artis, 23, on preliminary charges of robbery, a class C felony.\nSarah Moravec, a 21-year-old IU student, reported to police that at about 3 a.m. Sunday, she was walking on the sidewalk of the 500 block of South Fess Avenue behind three women. She said Artis tried to trip her, and when Moravec said something about it, Artis turned around and grabbed her wristlet purse, pulled on it, broke the strap and ran away, said Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. David Drake, reading from the police report.\nPolice found Artis in an alley nearby, Drake said. According to the report, Artis had the contents of Moravec's purse inside her own purse, and the broken wristlet was lying on the ground nearby. \nArtis told police she became angry because Moravec was talking loudly on her cell phone, so she tried to trip her, the report said. Artis said when Moravec called her a "bitch," she stole her purse.