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(04/13/07 4:00am)
One IU student was arrested early Wednesday morning after discarded alcohol containers and oranges were thrown at a campus building, IU Police Department reported.\nAt 2:09 a.m. officers were called to the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, 423 N. Fess Ave., after a caller stated he heard a loud bang from inside the building and noticed men throwing objects at the glass doors of the lab, said IUPD Sgt. Rebecca Lucas, reading from a police report.\nOnce there, officers found beer cans, plastic cups and orange peels in front of the lab as well as on the east side of the building, Lucas said.\nThe complainant said men were throwing the objects off of the balcony of an apartment across the street and directed police to the location, Lucas said.\nWhen Officer Ryan Corbett knocked on the front door, Officer Scott Dunning noticed Tyler B. Justice attempting to climb out the back window of the apartment. Dunning initially struggled with Justice, finally arresting him for resisting law enforcement, Lucas said. Justice was taken to Monroe County Jail.\nIU student Keith Blake, Justice and an unidentified person were deemed responsible for throwing the objects and officers forced them to clean up the mess.\nIn addition, Justice, Blake and Leah Thornburg were cited for illegal consumption. Blake and Thornburg were not arrested, Lucas said, but were taken home to their dorms.
(04/13/07 4:00am)
An armed robbery occurred Friday morning involving the presentation of a knife and the theft of a bicycle, according to IU Police Department reports.\nThe victim told police that a man stopped him on Third Street, in front of Memorial Hall at 12:30 a.m., said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger, in a news release.\n“The man displayed a fixed blade knife from a sheath on his belt, and stole his bicycle,” Minger said.\nThe perpetrator was described as a tall, black male, with a muscular build, wearing a black coat or sweater, blue jeans, and a black hat pulled low over his head, Minger said.\nThe stolen bike is described as a Trek, Fuel 90, with a black frame, light blue lettering and red handgrips. The bike is estimated to be worth $1,500, Minger said.\nThe suspect was last seen riding east on Third Street, away from Memorial Hall. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect, Minger said.\nAnyone with information about the incident or the identity of the suspect is asked to contact the Investigation Section of the IU Police Department at 855-4111.
(04/10/07 4:00am)
An IU student was sexually harassed Friday morning near the Indiana Memorial Union, according to the IU Police Department.\nThe victim, a 19-year-old resident of Briscoe Quad, told IUPD she was walking from Kilroy’s Bar & Grill, 502 E. Kirkwood Ave., to meet her boyfriend on campus when the incident occurred, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nShe said she was walking down the stairwell near the IMU parking lot when she heard people talking by Beck Chapel. She thought they were talking about a class project and disregarded them, Minger said, reading from a police report.\nAccording to the report, three men then approached her. Two of them grabbed her, pulled her pants down and tried to get her to the chapel area, Minger said.\nThe men spoke to her as if they knew her, the victim told police. \n“They knew her name and names of people that she was with at the bar,” Minger said, “but she did not know who they were personally.”\nBefore the men took the victim anywhere, her cell phone rang and the men ran eastward, Minger said.\nIUPD officers searched the area but did not find any suspects.\nMinger said the victim described the men as “clean-cut-looking, college-aged, white males with dark hair and wearing dark clothing.”\nThe victim will be re-interviewed to confirm the incident, Minger said.\n“In second interviews, new details sometimes come to life,” Minger said. “Maybe something will come up that we can work with.”\nMinger requests that anyone with information about the incident contact IUPD at 855-4111.
(04/09/07 4:00am)
An IU student was sexually harassed Friday morning near the Indiana Memorial Union, according to the IU Police Department.\nThe victim, a 19-year-old resident of Briscoe Quad, told IUPD she was walking from Kilroy’s Bar & Grill, 502 E. Kirkwood Ave., to meet her boyfriend on campus when the incident occurred, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nShe said she was walking down the stairwell near the IMU parking lot when she heard people talking by Beck Chapel. She thought they were talking about a class project and disregarded them, Minger said, reading from a police report.\nAccording to the report, three men then approached her. Two of them grabbed her, pulled her pants down and tried to get her to the chapel area, Minger said.\nThe men spoke to her as if they knew her, the victim told police. \n“They knew her name and names of people that she was with at the bar,” Minger said, “but she did not know who they were personally.”\nBefore the men took the victim anywhere, her cell phone rang and the men ran eastward, Minger said.\nIUPD officers searched the area but did not find any suspects.\nMinger said the victim described the men as “clean-cut-looking, college-aged, white males with dark hair and wearing dark clothing.”\nThe victim will be re-interviewed to confirm the incident, Minger said.\n“In second interviews, new details sometimes come to life,” Minger said. “Maybe something will come up that we can work with.”\nMinger requests that anyone with information about the incident contact IUPD at 855-4111.
(04/06/07 4:00am)
Drug arrests, and crime in general, have filled the headlines the last few weeks. But the IU Police Department says there is no need for concern.\n“It comes in cycles,” Detective Dave Hannum, head of the narcotics department, said of the recent rash of drug arrests. “Sometimes there’ll be a lot of marijuana, and sometimes there’ll be cocaine. I just happened to get some information lately about cocaine.”\nStatistics show drug arrests on campus are not particularly high this year. Since the start of 2007, five cases have been filed by IUPD in relation to cocaine. That’s one more than last year’s statistics of the same time period.\nBut the number of people seeking alcohol and drug rehab on campus has risen.\n“This has been a busy year,” said Chris Engle, a licensed clinical social worker at the IU Health Center.\nEngle leads a weekly group on Fridays called Staying Out of Trouble. The group focuses on helping others make good decisions on their own, rather than forcing behavioral changes through guilt, Engle said.\nDespite the rise in attendance in Engle’s class, he said he is not sure it is in tandem with more drug use among IU students in particular. Rather, he pointed toward national data that shows a general trend of increasing drug use among college students.\nThe National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York verifies Engle’s assumptions. A recent study, which collected data from college campuses from 1993 to 2005, found that the illegal use of prescription drugs is rising at a fast pace, with stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall up 93 percent and opioids such as Vicodin and OxyContin up 343 percent.\nThis trend is applicable to IU. Hannum said March 22 that “prescription drugs like Oxycontin are common on campus.”\nThe center also said cocaine and heroin use nationwide is on the rise, up 52 percent since 1993. Marijuana use has doubled in this time, attributed to 310,000 students in 2005.\nThe Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse said those aged 18 to 25 are currently using cocaine more than any other age group.\nHowever, Hannum said he more often sees cocaine use off University grounds.\n“It’s not a student thing so much,” Hannum said. “Obviously it is to some degree, because (the recent arrests were) student-related, but it’s not that prevalent.”
(04/05/07 4:00am)
I have been a huge fan of the "Worms" games since playing the original on the ill-fated Sega Saturn. \nFor those of you who haven't played one of the dozens of incarnations out there, "Worms" is, at its heart, the perfect blend of strategy and humor. \nUp to four teams of four worms face off on a randomly generated battlefield with everything from conventional weapons like bazookas to not-so-conventional weapons like exploding sheep, all the while mocking each other in high-pitched voices or funny stereotypical accents.\n"Worms HD" on Xbox Live Arcade follows the series' formula but includes some beautiful updated graphics so that explosions pack an extra "oomph" and of course, achievements and four-player support over Xbox Live.\nNow, as much as I do love the "Worms" games, I will not hesitate for one second to say that the single-player in these games usually sucks the big worm. The missions are usually too difficult and the computer AI seems to score ridiculously difficult kills every turn. The single-player game here doesn't stray from that norm.\nLuckily online four-player games are an absolute blast, and I didn't notice a hint of lag in any of the games I played.\nPlayers looking to boost their achievement score will be kept busy for several hours, trying to kill 100 worms total or 25 worms with just landmines.\nIf there's one complaint, it's that the weapon selection is severely lacking from some past "Worms" games. Exploding sheep and banana bombs are all well and good, but where the hell are my holy hand grenade or nuclear test?\nThere's the option that these and other weapons might be included in future downloadable content, but let's face it, paying extra for things that should have been in the basic game is a shady business move that is growing more and more prevalent in next-generation gaming.\nStill, what's here is a classic game and worth downloading for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) if you're a fan of the series or strategy games in general.
(04/04/07 4:00am)
A Theta Chi fraternity cook lost consciousness Monday afternoon, requiring emergency assistance, an officer from the IU Police Department reported.\nA call to central dispatch at 4:13 p.m. reported that Teresa Arnold was not breathing and did not have a pulse, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nMinger said four IUPD officers responded to the fraternity house, located at 1440 N. Jordan Ave., and began to perform CPR on Arnold, who was lying on the kitchen floor.\nWhen Arnold wasn’t revived, she was shocked twice with a defibrillator before Bloomington Fire Rescue and Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service arrived to take over.\nAfter about 25 minutes, Arnold regained her pulse and was transported to Bloomington Hospital, Minger said.\n“Without the immediate intervention (of) Officers Wise, Teter and Henry equipped with the (defibrillator), the immediate outcome would most likely have been different,” Minger said in a news release.\nBefore the incident, Arnold had complained of a severe “hot flash,” Minger said.\nArnold is the wife of Bloomington firefighter Roger Arnold.
(04/04/07 4:00am)
A woman reported to the IU Police Department on Tuesday that a man was masturbating and staring at her while the two were riding a Bloomington Transit bus.\nThe female complainant said she was on a C Route bus, riding between the Musical Arts Center and Eigenmann Hall, when she noticed someone on the bus staring at her, said IUPD Sgt. Craig Munroe.\n“The complainant stated that she was wearing a low-cut dress and observed a male across from her attempting to look up her dress,” Munroe said. The female moved to a seat behind her until she reached her stop at Eigenmann, approximately a 10-minute ride, he said.\n“As she came to her stop she realized that the male had pulled his arms through the sleeves of his shirt and was masturbating,” Munroe said.\nThe female reported the incident to IUPD shortly before 2:30 p.m., about two hours after the fact. She described the man to police as Hispanic, between the ages of 18 and 24, and identified a possible suspect in a photo lineup, Munroe said.\nMunroe said a probable cause affidavit for indecent exposure has been issued, and IUPD hopes to make an arrest soon.
(04/03/07 4:00am)
A cell phone did more than place calls Saturday, when a Forest Quad resident reported a case of voyeurism.\nA female student reported at about 1:35 p.m. Saturday that a man had been taking photos of her in the fourth floor women’s bathroom of the Forest Quad B wing, 1725 E. Third St., IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said in a news release.\nThe suspected voyeur, 20-year-old Dionte Whitehead, was cited with similar behavior on the Bloomington campus in 2006.\nWhitehead is not an IU student.\n“While in a restroom stall, she realized that a camera was pointed at her from under the adjacent stall, after she noticed a flash and heard a ‘snap-shot sound,’ characteristic of cell phone camera taking a photo,” Minger said.\nThe woman told IUPD that she attempted to open the stall next to hers, but the door was locked. However, a gap between the stall’s door and wall allowed her see a person in the stall, Minger said. The woman recognized him as a dorm neighbor’s male friend, but she did not know his name, and she left the restroom to call IUPD, Minger said.\nThe man was later identified as Whitehead, who is from New Albany, Ind.\nWhitehead was involved with a similar incident in October 2006, during which he was advised of trespassing. Advisement is required before a person can be arrested of trespassing, Minger said.\n“If you’re on our property and you’re not supposed to be here, there is no sign up that says you are not welcome here,” Minger said. “We advise that person that the behavior you have exhibited is not wanted here, and please don’t come back.”\nWhitehead was taken to the Monroe County Jail, Minger said. He faces preliminary charges of voyeurism, a Class D felony and criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.
(04/03/07 4:00am)
A Theta Chi cook lost consciousness yesterday afternoon, requiring emergency assistance, the IU Police Department reported.\nA call to central dispatch at 4:13 p.m. reported that Teresa Arnold was not breathing and did not have a pulse, said IUPD Cpt. Jerry Minger.\nFour IUPD officers responded to the fraternity house, at 1440 N. Jordan Ave, immediately beginning CPR on Arnold, who was lying on the kitchen floor, Minger said. When this action did not revive Arnold, a defibrillator was obtained.\nArnold was shocked twice before Bloomington Fire Rescue and Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service arrived to take over aid. After about 25 minutes Arnold regained her pulse and was transported to Bloomington Hospital, Minger said.\n“Without the immediate intervention (of) Officers Wise, Teter, and Henry equipped with the (defibrillator), the immediate outcome would most likely have been different,” Minger said in a press release.\nPrior to the incident, Arnold had complained of a severe “hot flash,” Minger said. Arnold is the wife of Bloomington firefighter Roger Arnold.
(04/02/07 4:00am)
Jim Butler, owner of Butler Winery, says that when people taste wine, it sells itself. \nAt one of 52 tables on display, Butler took part in the \n14th Annual Wine Festival on Friday night at the Bloomington Convention Center. \nWine appreciators of all levels were there to swirl and sniff the beverages. \nMost of the bottles served Friday are available locally at Big Red Liquors, the sponsor of the event. \nEasley Winery, however, which has a tasting room in downtown Indianapolis, is trying to break in to the Bloomington market. Available for sampling was its series of Hello Wines. In blush, red and white varieties, their sweet flavors are great for new wine drinkers, salesperson Kelly Miller said. \n“When you’re starting to drink, it’s good to start with sweet wines,” Miller said. “You have to train your palette.” \nFor IU senior Erin Root, the wines quickly became a new favorite. \n“And we tried all of them,” Root said. \nRoot attended the festival with two friends for a “girls’ night out.” \n“We do wine tastings all the time at each other’s houses, so we might as well do it on a bigger scale,” sad IU senior Francesca Smith. \nOliver Winery, another local vineyard, was also a favorite at the festival, said the vineyard’s events manager Pam Feeney. \n“A lot of people come back and say this is the wine I started with, and this is the wine I still love,” Feeney said. Looking around at the wines in the room from all over the globe, Feeney encouraged drinkers to support local growers. \n“You can taste wines from around the world,” Feeney said, “but it’s nice to taste what is growing in your background.”\nOutside of the local vineyards, grapes were fortified and bottled from across the country and around the globe. Jim Chetrick, who works as a wine distributor, poured glasses of Goats do Roam, a South African wine that he called the most popular wine in the United States. \nThe connoisseur room, which required an additional ticket fee, feature expensive wines, alongside expert rankings and comments. Senior Danielle Riley said she paid the extra fare to bolster her wine knowledge. Along with friend Teryn Owens, Riley works at Bloomington restaurant Little Zagreb, which has an extensive wine list. \n“They have a huge wine list, so we thought it would be good to try some nicer wines,” Riley said. \nProceeds from the evening went to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, particularly SMART Moves, a drug and alcohol education program. \nSMART Moves is an extensive program used year round by Boys and Girls Club to teach, “anything and everything that you can think of in relation to drug and alcohol education,” said Jeff Baldwin, executive director of Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington. \nBetween the Wine Festival, and its fall counterpart, Beer Fest, Big Red provides the Boys and Girls Club with a guaranteed $10,000.
(04/02/07 4:00am)
A robbery occurred Thursday night by Read Center at about 10 p.m., resulting in a lost credit card and cash, according to IU Police Department reports.\nThe victim told police that she had been walking west on the north drive of Read Center, heading toward Jordan Avenue, when she was approached by a man, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger in a press release.\nThe victim said the man was walking toward her when he then started running and attempted to grab her purse. The purse was strapped to the victim’s wrist, causing the man to fall to the ground, Minger said.\n“While on the ground the suspect came back, pulled the purse off her wrist and ran around the west side of Read Center,” Minger said.\nThe purse was later found on the sidewalk south of Read Center, missing a credit card and $20. The suspect was described as a dark-skinned male, 18 to 25 years old, 6 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 4 inches, weighing 225 to 250 pounds with a muscular build. He had short, dark hair and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with “INDIANA” written on the front in red lettering, Minger said.\nOfficers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.\n“Should anyone believe that they may know the identity of the suspect or have information in this incident, they are asked to please contact the Investigation Section of the IU Police Department at 855-4111,” Minger said.
(04/02/07 4:00am)
A cell phone did more than place calls Saturday, when a Forest Quad resident reported a case of voyeurism.\nA female student reported at about 1:35 p.m. Saturday that a man had been taking photos of her in the fourth floor women’s bathroom of the Forest Quad B wing, 1725 E. Third St., IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said in a news release.\nThe suspected voyeur, 20-year-old Dionte Whitehead, was cited with similar behavior on the Bloomington campus in 2006.\nWhitehead is not an IU student.\n“While in a restroom stall, she realized that a camera was pointed at her from under the adjacent stall, after she noticed a flash and heard a ‘snap-shot sound,’ characteristic of cell phone camera taking a photo,” Minger said.\nThe woman told IUPD that she attempted to open the stall next to hers, but the door was locked. However, a gap between the stall’s door and wall allowed her see a person in the stall, Minger said. The woman recognized him as a dorm neighbor’s male friend, but she did not know his name, and she left the restroom to call IUPD, Minger said.\nThe man was later identified as Whitehead, who is from New Albany, Ind.\nWhitehead was involved with a similar incident in October 2006, during which he was advised of trespassing. Advisement is required before a person can be arrested of trespassing, Minger said.\n“If you’re on our property and you’re not supposed to be here, there is no sign up that says you are not welcome here,” Minger said. “We advise that person that the behavior you have exhibited is not wanted here, and please don’t come back.”\nWhitehead was taken to the Monroe County Jail, Minger said. He faces preliminary charges of voyeurism, a Class D felony and criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.
(03/30/07 4:00am)
Wine will be swirled, sniffed and tasted by hundreds this Friday when the 14th annual \nBig Red Liquors Wine Fest takes place.\nLike its fall counterpart, Beer Fest, the event will be held at the Bloomington Convention Center, 302 S. College Ave.\n“It’s a perfect opportunity to sample wines that you might not otherwise,” said Rob Williamson, director of marketing and promotions for Big Red Liquors. “Why not just sample it? Then you can really find out what you like in a wine.”\nExperts from both Big Red Liquors and each individual vendor will be on-hand to assist tasters as they search for their favorite blends.\n“With so many experts on hand, Wine Fest is a great opportunity for anyone interested to learn more about wine, whether you consider yourself to be a connoisseur or are just learning about wine,” Williamson said.\nDifferent ticket packages are available depending on the level of experience and amount of money one wishes to invest in the evening.\nA general admission room will provide over 300 wines, gleaned from grapes grown throughout Indiana, the United States and world. These wines all retail for under $30 a bottle, Williamson said.\n“Wherever you can find wine we’ve got a representative of that wine,” Williamson said.\nFor those who either have a more developed wine palette, or those who simply want to sample more expensive wines, a ticket upgrade is available to a connoisseur room. This room will feature wines priced at $30 or more a bottle. Admission to this room starts at 5:30 p.m., at a price of $50 per person. General admission is $30 and begins at 6 p.m., Williamson said.\nFor the fifth year in a row, all money from ticket sales will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club, specifically SMART Moves, a drug and alcohol education program.\nSMART Moves is an extensive program used year round by Boys and Girls Club to teach, “anything and everything that you can think of in relation to drug and alcohol education,” said Jeff Baldwin, executive director of Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington.\n“We’re trying to do our part and be responsible in the community,” Williamson said in relation to the substance program.\nBetween the spring Wine Festival and fall Beer Fest an estimated $100,000 is earmarked for the nonprofit organization, Williamson said in a press release.\nBoys and Girls Club has been serving Bloomington since 1955, seeing an average of 200 people a day, Baldwin said.\nAside from wine tasting and eating hors d’oeuvres, Big Red Liquors will also provide a raffle, display of Riedel specialty glassware and information on the new wine club, Williamson said. Membership in the club provides free wine, discounts and general information about the spirit.
(03/30/07 4:00am)
A man arrested for voyeurism at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation building Feb. 6 is now facing charges of child pornography, according to IU Police Department reports.\nChristopher A. Casady, 40, of 400 Terrace Drive, was originally investigated by IUPD officers after someone reported a man peeping in the men’s locker room.\nCasady was placed under arrest Feb. 6 for peeping and public intoxication and was taken to the Monroe County Jail, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger. Casady was released Feb. 17 on a $700 cash bond.\nDuring questioning within the HPER in February, a video camera was found in a bag Casady had with him. IUPD obtained a warrant to search the camera and Casady’s apartment, where they found personally recorded DVDs containing more than 15 hours of footage, including “questionable material.”\n“On the tape were images of males in places where they would have an expectation of privacy, in various stages of undress,” Minger said in February.\nRecently, police discovered that some of the footage collected from his home came from the men’s bathroom at Bryan Park, 1001 S. Henderson St., Minger said. The images appear to have been recorded within a stall in the male bathroom, aimed at urinals.\nMost startling of the nature of the footage from Bryan Park is the age of those filmed.\n“Detectives determined that there were about 10 juveniles depicted,” Minger said. “About four of them were pre-teen, between ages 5 and 8.”\nMinger said the prosecutor in the case has put in a request to amend the charges against Casady to include child pornography, a Class D Felony. Casady was already facing a Class D felony of voyeurism.\nThe Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has a patrolman on duty during warmer months, but that position does not start until this weekend, said Mick Renneisen, the department’s director. The patrolman is responsible for patrolling 32 acres of Bloomington park property during his or her eight-hour daily shift.\nRenneisen recommended that citizens visiting parks also do their part to patrol the area.\n“Since we can’t be at all places to look at things,” he said, “being a vigilant park user and reporting suspicious activity to the park or police is the best response.”
(03/30/07 4:00am)
A robbery occurred Thursday night by Read Center at about 10 p.m., resulting in a lost credit card and cash, according to IU Police Department reports.\nThe victim told police that she had been walking west on the north drive of Read Center, heading toward Jordan Avenue, when she was approached by a man, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger in a press release.\nThe victim said the man was walking toward her when he then started running and attempted to grab her purse. The purse was strapped to the victim’s wrist, causing the man to fall to the ground, Minger said.\n“While on the ground the suspect came back, pulled the purse off her wrist and ran around the west side of Read Center,” Minger said.\nThe purse was later found on the sidewalk south of Read Center, missing a credit card and $20. The suspect was described as a dark-skinned male, 18 to 25 years old, 6 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 4 inches, weighing 225 to 250 pounds with a muscular build. He had short, dark hair and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with “INDIANA” written on the front in red lettering, Minger said.\nOfficers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.\n“Should anyone believe that they may know the identity of the suspect or have information in this incident they are asked to please contact the Investigation Section of the IU Police Department at 855-4111,” Minger said.
(03/29/07 4:00am)
More than a month after the incident, a 19-year-old IU student reported to the IU Police Department that she was raped twice by two unknown men.\nThe victim, a white female, told Detective Sgt. Leslie Slone Monday that she was abducted on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10:30 p.m., from the corner of 10th Street and Sunrise Avenue, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger in a press release.\nThe victim told IUPD that she was, “walking home after work when two males came from behind, grabbed her by the arms on either side and put her into the backseat of a vehicle,” according to the IUPD press release.\nThe vehicle has since been described as black with silver trim along the wheel wells, tinted windows and four doors.\nThe victim said she was driven to a parking lot about ten minutes away where she was raped twice, Minger said. She was then driven back to the same location on Sunrise Avenue where she had been picked up.\nThe victim was able to provide a description of the two men, which police used to develop a composite drawing of one of the suspects. One of the men is described as a white male, 5-foot-7, 250 pounds, muscular, mid to late 20s with short, spiked hair.\nThe driver is described as a black male, 5-foot-7, 250 pounds and muscular.\nMinger asks that anyone with information about the incident or identity of the suspects contact the IU Police Department at (812) 855-4111.
(03/29/07 4:00am)
A man arrested for voyeurism at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building Feb. 6 is now facing charges of child pornography, according to IU Police Department reports.\nChristopher A. Casady, 40, of 400 Terrace Drive, was originally investigated by IUPD officers after someone reported a man peeping in the men’s locker room. Casady was placed under arrest Feb. 6 for peeping and public intoxication and taken to the Monroe County Jail, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nCasady was released from Monroe County Jail on Feb. 17 on a $700 cash bond.\nDuring questioning within the HPER, a video camera was found in a bag that Casady had with him. IUPD obtained a warrant to search the camera, along with Casady’s apartment. There, they found over 15 hours\nof personally recorded DVDs, including “questionable material.”\n“On the tape were images of males in places where they would have an expectation of privacy, in various stages of undress,” Minger said.\nRecently, some of the footage collected from his home was discovered to have came from the men’s bathroom at Bryan Park, 1001 S. Henderson St., Minger said. \nThe images appear to have been recorded within a stall in the male bathroom there, aimed at urinals. Most startling of the nature of the footage from Bryan Park is the age of those filmed.\n“Detectives determined that there were about 10 juveniles depicted,” Minger said. “About four of them were pre-teen, between ages five and eight.”\nUpon finding this information, the prosecutor in the case put in a request to amend the charges against Casady, including child pornography, a Class D Felony, Minger said. He already was facing a Class D Felony of voyeurism.\nThe Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has a patrolman on duty during warmer months, but that position does not start until this weekend, said Director of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department Mick Renneisen. Further, this person is responsible, within their eight hour daily shift, for patrolling 32 acres of Bloomington park property.\n“I think the response to anything like this is observation of others in the park,” Renneisen said. “Since we can’t be at all places to look at things, being a vigilant park user and reporting suspicious activity to the park or police is the best response.”
(03/27/07 4:00am)
An IU sophomore was walking through the white lot Friday morning by Memorial Stadium when she was struck by a car, injuring her knee, according to IU Police Department reports.\nThe woman told police that she was walking eastbound in the white lot, just east of Dunn Street, when an older-model silver Toyota Corrolla drove up behind her, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger, who read from a police report. When the vehicle turned in front of her, it struck her in the right knee, Minger said.\nShe said the driver, who was a white female, briefly stopped and looked at her but then left the parking lot without talking to her, Minger said.\nThe woman reported the incident at the IUPD office Friday in the late morning. She reported pain in her knee, but refused treatment from an ambulance service on site, Minger said.\nPolice don’t have any further information on the identity of the driver.
(03/27/07 4:00am)
IU’s C-stores, found in dorms across the Bloomington campus, are handy stops for students to buy drinks, food and toiletries.\nBut one C-store was also the site of a cocaine and marijuana purchase Thursday night, when an undercover IU Police Department investigation came to an end.\nAmanual K. Girma, a 25-year-old employee of the Wright Quad C-store, was arrested late Thursday on preliminary charges of dealing marijuana and cocaine from the campus store.\nThis was not the first time Girma, of 2126 E. Seventh St., had been connected with illegal activity.\nAt the time of the arrest Thursday, police became aware of a warrant for Girma’s arrest on charges of sexual deviancy, IUPD Detective Dave Hannum said. The warrant was issued in connection with a 2006 report from a female IU student who said a man performed a sexual act on her while she was sleeping, Hannum said.\nThe Bloomington Police Department filed a related probable-cause affidavit stating that a 20-year-old woman reported that she had been asleep at home when an unknown man woke her up by performing oral sex on her at an off-campus residence.\nBut Hannum said, drugs were the reason IUPD was investigating Girma.\nHannum said police were alerted of suspicious behavior from Girma while he was working in the C-store, as they investigated if he was selling something other than the items on the shelves.\n“Over the course of several weeks, I was able to introduce a female person to gain this person’s confidence by buying soft drinks and stuff,” Hannum said. The undercover officer noticed that Girma would often take breaks and leave the store with visitors, further suggesting mischievous behavior, Hannum said.\nHannum said Girma eventually sold marijuana to the undercover agent and told her he could get any kind of drug she wanted.\nOn Thursday, Girma sold cocaine and marijuana to the undercover person agent before police arrested him, Hannum said.\nAll sales happened outside the building, Hannum said, but money for illegal substances was often transferred inside the C-store. Girma would either bring the drugs to work with him or retrieve them during a break, Hannum said.\n“He would take his break, sometimes smoke with these guys, sometimes pick up and buy,” Hannum said.\nIt became clear to Hannum that Girnam was heavily connected.\n“Not only did he have several people he was selling to, but several people to get it from,” Hannum said.\nHannum said he is still investigating the case for possible future arrests.\nGirma is charged with a Class B felony for dealing cocaine, three Class A misdemeanors for dealing marijuana and a Class B felony for sexual deviancy.
