IU student arrested for burglary

An IU student was arrested Thursday morning and faces preliminary charges of attempted burglary.

Alexander Maurer, 23, was arrested after trying to break into a woman’s apartment at 3:31 a.m. on the 200 block of North Lincoln Street, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.

Maurer and the woman ran into each other near a restaurant downtown, Canada said. The woman told police they knew each other but hadn’t seen each other in five years.
The woman began walking toward her apartment, Canada said. Maurer began to follow her and was asking her questions that didn’t make sense.

Once the woman and Maurer arrived at the apartment complex, Maurer sat down on a swing. The woman got into her apartment and locked both the exterior door and the door immediately connected to her apartment.

Maurer began to kick the first door and was able to get in, Canada said. Once inside of the apartment complex, Maurer tried to kick in the door to the woman’s apartment.
When Sgt. Mick Williams arrived at the scene, he heard Maurer pounding on the door and screaming incoherent things.

Williams talked to the woman who was still on the phone with the police dispatcher, Canada said. The woman told Williams about how Maurer followed her home.
Maurer was transported to the hospital, Canada said.

Maurer told officers he had not talked to the woman, Canada said. He said he was walking around and had been drinking.


Four arrested in heroin deal

Four Bloomington residents were arrested Wednesday for dealing heroin.

The three-month BPD investigation came to an end at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Sgt. David Drake said in an e-mail.

Luis Fernando Cuevas Caldera, 26, Jennifer L. Dillon, 22, Michael Luke Favor, 25, and Randy D. Butcher, 29, were all arrested and face charges for dealing heroin.

The four were involved in controlled BPD buys during the investigation, Drake said in an e-mail.

On Wednesday officers were doing surveillance on Dillon on the 2900 block of South Walnut Street Pike, Drake said in an e-mail.  Officers stopped Dillon and Caldera in Dillon’s car.

Caldera swallowed 40 balloons of heroin when officers stopped the car.

Officers arrested Dillon and took her to the Monroe County Jail, Drake said in an e-mail. Caldera was transported to the hospital and given medication to make him pass the heroine safely.

Caldera safely passed the heroine at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Drake said in an e-mail. Officers obtained a search warrant for Caldera and Dillon’s apartment where they found more heroin and about $3,300 in cash.

Favor was arrested on East 10th Street and Smith Road after he was pulled over while police were doing surveillance, Drake said in an e-mail. Butcher was arrested at his home on the 600 block of West Howe Street.

Caldera faces preliminary charges for possession of heroin with intent to deal and for obstruction of justice, Drake said. Dillon faces preliminary charges for dealing heroin and possession of heroin.

Favor and Butcher face preliminary charges of dealing heroin, Drake said.

“Five years ago heroin was kind of scarce in Bloomington, but it has become a bigger problem in Bloomington in the last two years,” Drake said. “Over the last couple of years we have had numerous overdoses on heroin, or synthetic opiates such as Oxycontin, morphine or methadone, and those drugs represent the majority of our recent overdose deaths.”