Two separate cases of trespassing occurred ?June 30.
The first case of trespassing took place between 8:35 and 8:44 a.m. inside the Indiana Memorial Union and ended with an arrest.
The male suspect claimed he had been locked out of his apartment and was found sleeping at the IMU.
“The acting officer asked him ‘are you aware you’ve been advised of trespassing?’ He stated no, but that’s not really uncommon,” IU Police Department Lt. Craig Munroe said.
He was advised of trespassing in a separate incident in February. Advisement is done either in person or by letter; IUPD do not arrest suspects unless they have already been notified.
Trespassing is an issue for the IMU as people attempt to sleep there overnight, which is against policy.
“I guess people who have nowhere to go will go in there and try to use that as a place to live basically,” Munroe said. “They have their security officers try to wake them, and if they do wake up and there’s no issue, then they never call us, but if they can’t wake them up or they find them asleep several times or they know who they are and that they’ve been advised of trespass, then they call us.”
The second case of trespass occurred around 11 a.m. in the athletics parking lots at Assembly Hall and did not end in an arrest.
“This was a former employee that was dropping trash off at the dumpster. The subject was advised of trespass at the time of the incident, probably because he was using University dumpsters to throw away his personal trash,” Munroe said. “He is no longer affiliated with IU, so he was told not to come back.”
Because the suspect had never been advised of trespass before, officers let him go with a warning. If the suspect is found trespassing again within one year again he will be arrested.
Bailey Moser
