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(03/26/07 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.
(03/26/07 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.
(03/23/07 4:00am)
A graduate student allegedly stole computers from University Information Technology Systems to pay off his crack-cocaine debt, leading to multiple arrests, according to the IU Police Department.\nThe graduate student, whose name is being withheld as the investigation continues, was first noticed by police after a security camera captured him stealing three high-end computers from a UITS office, where he works, said IUPD Detective Dave Hannum.\nA warranted search of the subject’s apartment proved fruitless. But through interviews, police discovered the location of the computers and more, Hannum said.\n“When interviewed about the theft, he admitted to stealing computers to pay for a drug debt of crack cocaine,” Hannum said.\nThe subject then led Hannum to the location of the computers in Arlington Heights trailer park. The resident of the trailer, Timothy M. Todd, was one Hannum said he knew to be a crack-cocaine dealer, based on his past undercover police work.\nArmed with a search warrant for the Arlington Heights location in question – 1600 N. Willis Drive, Lot 197 – IUPD officers found the computers stolen from UITS along with other electronic equipment that Hannum assumed to be stolen as well.\nWhile there, officers also found probable cause of drug presence, enabling them to gain another search warrant, Hannum said.\n“We saw a cooking operation, where they cook cocaine and make it into crack, several pipes and powder,” Hannum said.\nDuring the second search, officers identified cocaine, Lortab, Oxycontin and marijuana, Hannum said.\nPrescription drugs like Oxycontin are common on campus, Hannum said. Despite a number of cocaine arrests in the past few months, he said crack is not something he usually deals with on campus.\n“It’s not a student thing so much,” Hannum said. “Obviously it is to some degree, because this was student-related, but it’s not that prevalent.”\nTodd was arrested at the time of the search, along with his two roommates, John W. Floyd and \nJulie A. Grubb.\nTodd faces multiples charges, including three Class B felonies for possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, Lortab and Oxycontin. He also faces three Class D felonies for possession with intent to deliver more than 30 grams of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of stolen property, Hannum said.\nThe graduate student who stole the computers is facing charges of theft, Hannum said. Floyd and Grubb are also pending charges, he said.\nHannum said Todd, whom he believes to be a known drug dealer in the area, has escaped arrest in the past because the police department has had too many cases to deal with.\n“I worked a case against him before that never really went anywhere,” Hannum said. “When you have several different cases going on at once, you can’t really look into all of them.”
(03/22/07 4:00am)
A graduate student allegedly stole computers from University Information Technology Systems to pay off his crack cocaine debt, leading to multiple arrests, the IU Police Department reports.\nThe graduate student, whose name is being withheld as the investigation continues, was first brought into police spotlight after a security camera spotted him stealing three high-end computers from a UITS office, where he works, said IUPD Detective Dave Hannum.\nA warranted search of the subject’s apartment proved fruitless, but through interviews, police discovered the location of the computers and more, Hannum said.\n“When interviewed about the theft he admitted to stealing computers to pay for a drug debt of crack cocaine,” Hannum said.\nThe subject then led Hannum to the location of the computers in Arlington Heights Trailer Park. The resident of the trailer, Timothy M. Todd, was one Hannum said he knew to be a crack cocaine dealer, based on his past undercover police work.\nArmed with a search warrant for the Arlington Heights location in question, 1600 N. Willis, Lot 197, IUPD officers found the computers stolen from UITS, along with other electronic equipment that Hannum assumed to be stolen as well.\nWhile there, officers also found probable cause of drug presence, enabling them to gain another search warrant, Hannum said.\n“We saw a cooking operation, where they cook cocaine and make it into crack, several pipes and powder,” Hannum said.\nDuring the second search officers identified cocaine, Lortab, Oxycontin and marijuana, Hannum said.\nPrescription drugs are very common on campus, Hannum said. Despite a number of cocaine arrests in the past few months, he said crack is not something that he usually deals with on campus.\n“It’s not a student thing so much,” Hannum said. “Obviously it is to some degree because this was student related, but it’s not that prevalent.”\nTodd was arrested at the time of the search, along with his two roommates, John W. Floyd and Julie A. Grubb.\nTodd faces multiples charges, including three Class B felonies for possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine, Lortab and Oxycontin. Also he faces three Class D felonies for possession with intent to deliver over 30 grams of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of stolen property, Hannum said.\nThe graduate student who stole the computers is facing charges of theft, Hannum said.\nFloyd and Grubb are also pending charges, Hannum said.\nHannum said Todd, whom he believes to be a known drug dealer in the area, has escaped arrest in the past because the police department has had too many cases to deal with. \n“I worked a case against him before that never really went anywhere,” Hannum said. “When you have several different cases going on at once you can’t really look into all of them.”
(03/20/07 4:00am)
“Relax, it’s FedEx,” the shipping company says in its ads. But on Friday morning, Assembly Hall received a suspicious package that led to a much different response.\nA package addressed to “J. Smith” at 1001 E. 17th St., the address of Assembly Hall, was returned to the mail room at the athletics facility after recipients became suspicious of its contents, said IU Police Department Sgt. Craig Munroe. \nIUPD officers found inside the package a T-shirt with a Nike “B-town” logo on it and a container filled with a “small amount” of a leafy substance, said Munroe, who read from a police report.\nAccording to the police report, IUPD tested the “leafy substance” and discovered THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the hallucinatory chemical and most active ingredient found in marijuana.\nFedEx delivered and billed the package to Assembly Hall. The return address on the package was fake, Munroe said.\nFedEx spokeswoman Denise Lauer said the company works closely with law enforcement when suspicious packages are discovered.\n“We have a very important relationship with law officials wherever we operate,” Lauer said. “We do not tolerate the illegal use of our network.”\nMunroe said the contents of the package have been placed in an IUPD evidence room while they continue the investigation.
(03/19/07 4:00am)
“Relax, it’s FedEx,” the shipping company says in its ads. But on Friday morning, Assembly Hall received a suspicious package that led to a much different response.\nA package addressed to “J. Smith” at 1001 E. 17th St., the address of Assembly Hall, was returned to the mail room at the athletics facility after recipients became suspicious of its contents, said IU Police Department Sgt. Craig Munroe. \nIUPD officers found inside the package a T-shirt with a Nike “B-town” logo on it and a container filled with a “small amount” of a leafy substance, said Munroe, who read from a police report.\nIUPD tested the substance and discovered THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the hallucinatory chemical and most active ingredient found in marijuana, according to the police report.\nFedEx delivered and billed the package to Assembly Hall. The return address on the package was fake, Munroe said.\nFedEx spokeswoman Denise Lauer said the company works closely with law enforcement when suspicious packages are discovered.\n“We have a very important relationship with law officials wherever we operate,” Lauer said. “We do not tolerate the illegal use of our network.”\nMunroe said the contents of the package have been placed in an IUPD evidence room while they continue the investigation.
(03/06/07 5:00am)
A female student was fondled while trying to get a drink from a water fountain Sunday morning at Forest Quad, according to IU Police Department reports.\nThe student told officers she walked out of her room around 4:30 a.m. and headed toward a drinking fountain. As she approached the fountain, an unidentified black male came out of another room and started talking to her, said Sgt. Craig Munroe, reading from a police report. The woman did not know the man and ignored him.\nThe male put both hands around her and held her against the wall, face-forward, so she could not move, according to the police report.\n“She could feel the subject breathing on her neck and started feeling her stomach,” Munroe said. “She pulled away and started to walk away, but he kept touching her.”\nAnother person came out of the person’s room and into the hall to tell the male to leave her alone, Munroe said.\nThe woman was able to get back to her room, but the male stuck his foot in the door in an attempt to gain entry. Eventually, the woman’s roommate was able to scare off the man and lock the bedroom door, Munroe said.\nIUPD has a suspect for the incident, Munroe said, but they have yet to speak with him.
(03/01/07 5:00am)
At one point in the movie "The Number 23," Virginia Madsen's character tells Jim Carrey's character, "You're insane." Perhaps Carrey can use this excuse as to why he chose to be in the movie. Stealing plot lines and camera angles from about 23 other movies, the film falls far from its potential.\nThe film, directed by Joel Schumacher, centers around Carrey's obsession with the number 23. As he reads a book titled with the same integer, he starts to notice how everything in his life revolves around the number. Forced cinematography leads to montage scenes where Carrey is writing addition problems all over the walls of his house and his body. \nAs he reads more of the book, Carrey begins to imagine himself as its leading character, Fingerling. A dual plot line ensues featuring Carrey as a detective caught in a mix of overdone lighting effects and cheesy dialogue. If Schumacher was trying to play off the popularity of the revamped film noir style executed by "Sin City," he fell dreadfully short. \nThe clichés continue as the movie jumps from one allusion to the next of successful horror movies of the past. I spotted references to "The Shining," "The Omen," "Cujo" and "Silence of the Lambs." And of course there's the obvious recollection of Carrey's Ace Ventura role. Not only does Carrey play the Fingerling detective, but in real life he is an animal control employee, riding around in a tan van just missing the furry additions of the Pet Detective.\nCarrey and Madsen are not to blame for the film's lacking. The problem is the script, a dud that not even two respected actors could resuscitate. I had hope for the movie, given the two stars and the once-great director, but once again Carrey is trapped in a serious movie sprinkled with one-liners and nowhere for his acting ability to shine. \nThe plot twists every 20 minutes, with the audience guessing at how it will unfold. Yet an hour into the movie, the answer is so obvious and cliché the audience actually laughed. Then we had to sit through 30 more minutes of drawn-out scenes with a final conclusion that seemed a far cry from the movie's initial objective.\nThe movie might have been saved had it adopted its own identity, but in a sea of successful thrillers and conspiracy plots, it simply does not make the cut.
(02/27/07 5:00am)
About $40,000 in electronics were damaged Monday morning as part of a vandalism spree in Ballantine and Jordan halls, according to IU Police Department reports.\nA professor reported the incident at 6:27 a.m. Monday. She told police she had entered Ballantine at about 5 a.m. and noticed haze in the air. She did not think it was serious enough to report at first, but eventually changed her mind, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger, reading from a police report.\nOnce police arrived, they found damage on the main, first and second floors of the building.\nOn the ground floor, the damage centered around Room 003, a lecture room that seats 76 students, according to the IU’s Office of the Registrar. Inside the room, wires connected to a ceiling-mounted projector and workstation had been pulled out, and a touch panel had been gouged, according to the report.\nOutside of the room, a wall cabinet containing a fire extinguisher was broken and the extinguisher had been removed.\nBroken glass from a building directory listing hanging on the wall was also discovered outside of the ground floor student lobby. Inside the lobby, newspapers littered the floors, Minger said, reading from the report.\nUpstairs, on the first floor, more electronic equipment had been damaged.\nFrom outside of the building, officers noticed a broken window in Room 149, on the south side of the building. Along with glass, computer keyboards laid on the floor of the room, appearing to have been thrown through the window from the outside, Minger said, reading from the report.\nTwo Macintosh kiosk computers were also vandalized near Room 104. A University Information Technology Services representative told Minger that these computers, which were added in the fall of last year, were not connected to any of the building’s alarm systems.\nMore damage was discovered on the second floor. From the ground up to the second, officers traced the chemical trails that they assumed were coming from fire extinguishers that had been taken from around the building, Minger said, reading from the report.\n“Classroom 235 and 247 were completely dusted with dry chemical from the fire extinguishers,” Minger said. A window in the door to Room 237 was also broken with some kind of blunt instrument, according to the report, but no chemicals were sprayed inside the room.\nWhile two of the three missing fire extinguishers were located in Ballantine Room 005, the other was spotted outside, on the footpath between Ballantine and Jordan Hall. \nVandals also entered Jordan Hall, knocking over a trash can on the first floor of the building, Minger said. More consequential was an unplugged freezer found on the first floor. The freezer is supposed to be maintained at negative 70 degrees, and was warming up after losing power, Minger said. No information was available as to the damage of the freezer’s contents.\n“We assume this is the same person, but it is hard to say,” Minger said, in response to the two similar crimes. “It may be someone who had a grudge against someone in Ballantine or Jordan.”\nIUPD has more than a dozen photographs of physical evidence that it hopes will lead them to the vandal or vandals, Minger said.
(02/20/07 5:00am)
Three Fort Wayne natives, including one IU student, are facing charges related to the sale of cocaine after an IUPD undercover operation came to an end this weekend. \nIUPD Detective Dave Hannum, who led the sting, said Michael D. Roberts, an IU freshman, was taken into custody from his Briscoe Quad dorm room, around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Shortly after that in the parking lot outside of Tulip Tree Apartments, police arrested Brandon M. Graft, 18, a high school senior from Fort Wayne. A minor from Fort Wayne was also arrested in connection.\nThe arrests came after a four-month undercover investigation by IUPD, Hannum said. \n“Confidential sources led to finding out how the drugs were getting into town,” Hannum said. \nThe origin of the drugs, at least in this case, was Fort Wayne.\n“Graft was bringing cocaine and ecstasy down to Bloomington, to Roberts, and Roberts was helping to dispense it,” Hannum said. \nAn undercover officer was able to develop a report with Roberts, with whom he made a purchase from several weeks ago and again this past weekend, Hannum said.\nGraft told the undercover officer he would bring a half-ounce of cocaine with him to IU this weekend, an amount that sells for about $750 on the street, Hannum added. \nWhen all was said and done, undercover officers had purchased $390 worth of cocaine this weekend during their undercover operation. \nGraft faces two preliminary charges of dealing cocaine, a class A felony, and a class B felony of maintaining a common nuisance.\nRoberts faces a preliminary class B felony charge of dealing cocaine, for both this weekend’s sale and previous transactions, along with a Class D felony for maintaining a common nuisance. \nBoth men were taken to Monroe County Jail.\nThere was also a juvenile involved with the sale, who was taken to the youth shelter, Hannum said. He will be referred to the youth court.\n“If there were any doubt, I wouldn’t have charged (the juvenile),” Hannum said, “but it was obvious, because the undercover was in the car with them, and they were discussing prices and amounts. There’s no doubt that he knew what was going on.”\nThe arrests come less than a week after two IU students were apprehended by IUPD on cocaine-related charges on Feb. 13 following another extended sting led by Hannum. \nHannum explains the recent trend of cocaine arrests as cyclical.\n“It comes in spurts,” Hannum said. “It really just depends on where I get my information and which way it directs me.”\nHannum says he is satisfied with what IUPD has been able to do, given their budget. \n“There’s no way I can get to the source,” Hannum said. “I just don’t have enough man power. I’ve got one or two people that were dealing it here, and I cut off their supply. Given the funds that I have, I really just try to cut off the flow. You try to get as high as you can.” \nHannum also said the “spurt” of cocaine arrests is not over. \n“There’s other people that will be charged as a result,” Hannum said. “I just haven’t gotten warrants yet.”
(02/16/07 4:11am)
IU student Jordan A. Howard may have fooled those checking IDs at the bars he visited Wednesday night, but he was not able to fool a police officer, whom he flagged down during a drunken walk down a street, according to IU Police Department reports.\nIUPD officer Brian Oliger spotted Howard while traveling north on Walnut Street near 17th Street early Thursday morning, said IUPD Sgt. Craig Munroe, reading from a police report. \n"As he got closer the man faced him, raised his arms above his head and then went to the sidewalk," Munroe said.\nWhen Oliger stopped to offer help, Howard said he needed a ride home, Munroe said, reading from a police report. Oliger stated in a police report that Howard appeared heavily intoxicated, had slurred speech and was swaying.\nHoward then told police that he was coming from the bars, but Oliger noticed that Howard's ID said he was only 20 years old, according to the report. \nHoward first told police he had been able to "just walk in" to bars, but later produced a fake ID, Munroe said, reading from the report.\nAccording to the report, Howard failed a standard field sobriety test and was placed under arrest for illegal possession/consumption. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail.
(02/14/07 5:41am)
When senior Saliq Kahn personalized his car's license plate to read "SLICK6," he likely had no idea it would be so prophetic.\nAs his 2003 Mazda slid Tuesday morning on the icy roads of Bloomington, the irony was all too real.\nThe accident occurred at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday on the Jordan Avenue extension, near Balfour Court, according to the IU Police Department. Kahn was heading north on Jordan Avenue when he said he tried to brake, Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. \nRather than coming to a stop, Khan's vehicle slid into a 2001 blue Volkswagen Beetle that was parked on the right side of the road, Minger said.\nThe damage didn't stop there.\nThe Volkswagen was pushed under a maroon 1993 Pontiac Grand Am that was parked in front of it, effectively leaving the Grand Am at a 45-degree angle. Not only did this leave the Grand Am on top of the Volkswagon, but it caused damage to the rear of a 2000 silver Pontiac Sunbird parked in front of the Grand Am, Minger said.\nKahn said in an e-mail he was driving to his residence, the Delta Tau Delta house, when the road curved slightly and he lost control of his car because of the ice.\n"My car is currently not driveable, and the total damages I presume are around $10,000," he said. "Things happen, what can you do? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."\nLeigh Ann Pittman, a sophomore living at Phi Mu and the owner of the Grand Am, was awoken this morning by one of her sorority sisters, who informed her of her car's new position.\n"My phone started ringing and I was kind of grumpy. ... It was 8 in the morning, and it was a number I didn't recognize, so I ignored it," Pittman said. "Then I got a voice mail and a text message that said you need to get your car ASAP. I looked out the window and saw my car on top of my friend Angie Citro's blue beetle."\nPittman said her Grand Am escaped unscathed, though it did cause damage.\nThe Volkswagon and Sunbird were so damaged they had to be towed. Minger said the impact caused the back wheel of the Pontiac to go through the front windshield of the Volkswagon.\nKahn told police he was traveling at 10 mph, but Minger -- who was skeptical of the estimated speed -- said he was cited for going too fast for avoiding a collision.\n"It really doesn't matter if you're speeding," Minger said of the citation. "It's whether or not you were going too fast to avoid an accident." \nThis ruling applies despite the presence of icy conditions on the road.\n"If there's ice on the road, you need to slow down," Minger said. "If you're driving too fast and cause a four-car collision, it's considered that you were going too fast"
(02/14/07 4:15am)
Two IU students were arrested early Tuesday morning for cocaine-related charges as a four-month IU Police Department investigation came to an end.\nThe sting began Monday in the parking lot of McNutt Quad, said Detective David Hannum, who led the investigation.\nIUPD made "a controlled purchase of cocaine" from Robert C. McKibben II, 19. The purchase was one of three purchases that Hannum said IUPD has made since October.\nAfter the purchase, IUPD officers used a search warrant they had previously obtained to search McKibben's dorm room in McNutt. Police found marijuana in the room but no cocaine or any of the dollar bills IUPD had marked in their past purchases, Hannum said.\nMcKibben was arrested on three counts of dealing cocaine and taken to the Monroe County Jail.\nMcKibben did, however, provide a lead to officers, directing them to a residence at 1333 N. Washington Ave., Hannum said.\nAt 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, police presented a search warrant to Clinton A. Custer, 22, a resident of the Washington Avenue location where police found cocaine, marijuana, a digital scale and many of the marked bills from IUPD.\n"Obviously, Mr. Custer is also a middleman, because he wasn't sitting on a lot of cocaine," Hannum said. "He did have a lot of marijuana, though."\nHannum said this leads him to believe Custer was more involved with the marijuana-dealing scene.\nHannum also believes Custer was the source of McKibben's cocaine supply, given the presence of the marked bills.\nCuster was arrested on preliminary charges of three class D felonies: possession of marijuana over 30 grams, cocaine possession and maintaining a common nuisance. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail.
(02/13/07 6:07am)
A man arrested last week for peeping in the men's locker room of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building is now being charged with a felony after police found more than 15 hours of DVDs he had recorded.\nChristopher A. Casady was found in the men's bathroom of the HPER after a witness reported his presence on Feb. 6. Found in Casady's bag were alcohol and a video camera, which the IU Police Department later issued a warrant to view.\n"On the tape were images of males in places where they would have an expectation of privacy, in various stages of undress," said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nPolice also obtained a warrant to search Casady's residence on Terrace Drive. There, IUPD confiscated Casady's computer and the DVDs. \n"There was quite a bit of footage of men in locker rooms, many on campus," Minger said. "They appear to have been taken from a covert location, such as within a stall, looking outward."\nUnderage boys were also included on the tapes.\nOriginally, Casady was arrested on misdemeanor charges of voyeurism and public intoxication, Minger said, but after police viewed the tapes, he is now faces a Class D felony.\n- Check out a previous Feb. 8 IDS article about the ongoing case.
(02/13/07 5:37am)
Kyle A. Dempsey, an Ivy Tech student living in Ashton Center, fled the scene of a car accident he was involved in early Saturday morning, leaving behind an unregistered handgun, according to the IU Police Department.\nDempsey entered a Jimmy John's restaurant, 1827 E. 10th St., at around 2:30 a.m., covered in blood, and then quickly left, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. An unidentified employee of Jimmy John's called police, but when officers arrived on the scene, Dempsey was nowhere to be found, Minger said.\nMinger said officers found outside the restaurant a four-door, black Oldsmobile Aurora with damage to the front end. No one was in the vehicle, but a man nearby told police his friend Kyle was the driver. However, the man didn't know where his friend was or what his friend's last name was, Minger said. A .380 semi-automatic handgun was found in the vehicle, Minger said.\nAt 2:58 a.m., IUPD officers found "a blood trail on the ground going from outside the ground floor door of Ashton-Stemple to the inside door," Minger said. \nOfficers contacted the resident assistant of Ashton-Stemple for assistance in finding Dempsey, who had been identified by this point from his vehicle registration, Minger said.\nDempsey was finally located at 3:12 a.m., when he approached police and turned himself in, Minger said.\n"Mr. Dempsey stated he had been drinking and was sorry he left the scene, but that he was bleeding and had a swollen nose and contusion on his forehead," Minger said. Officers reported that Dempsey was swaggering at the time, unable to keep his balance, and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.\nWhen asked about the handgun, Dempsey told officers he had bought it for $25 from an individual and did not have an Indiana handgun permit, Minger said.\nDempsey was treated by an emergency medical technician and transported to the Monroe County Jail, Minger said. He was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and carrying a handgun without a permit.
(02/13/07 5:31am)
A student had his wallet stolen from McNutt Quad on Sunday by two men posing as resident assistants, according to the IU Police Department.\nOfficers met with the victim Sunday where he stated his wallet was taken at about 4:30 a.m., Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. The victim told police he had been drinking at a friend's residence in Dunhill Apartments, 405 E. 17th St., when he decided to walk home to his room in Forest Quad. However, he changed his mind on the way and went inside McNutt-Bryan. There, he sat down on the stairwell to call a friend to ask if he could stay with him.\n"At that point two people came up behind him, posing as resident assistants, and said they needed identification," Minger said. \nThe victim handed his wallet to the two men, who left, saying they were going to check the information, according to the report. A few minutes later, the victim went to look for them but could not find them.\nThe victim described the suspects as white males in their early 20s.\nOne of the men was described as tall and lanky with short dark hair, but the victim was unable to describe the other suspect, Minger said.\nMinger said anyone with information about the incident should contact the IUPD at 855-4111 and ask for the investigations department. \nThe case is being actively investigated, he said.
(02/13/07 12:31am)
A student had his wallet stolen from McNutt Quad on Sunday by two men posing as resident assistants, according to the IU Police Department.\nOfficers met with the victim Sunday where he stated his wallet was taken at about 4:30 a.m., Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. The victim told police he had been drinking at a friend's residence in Dunhill Apartments, 405 E. 17th St., when he decided to walk home to his room in Forest Quad. However, he changed his mind on the way and went inside McNutt-Bryan. There, he sat down on the stairwell to call a friend to ask if he could stay with him.\n"At that point two people came up behind him, posing as resident assistants, and said they needed identification," Minger said. \nThe victim handed his wallet to the two men, who left, saying they were going to check the information, according to the report. A few minutes later, the victim went to look for them but could not find them.\nThe victim described the suspects as white males in their early 20s.\nOne of the men was described as tall and lanky with short dark hair, but the victim was unable to describe the other suspect, Minger said.\nMinger said anyone with information about the incident should contact the IUPD at 855-4111 and ask for the investigations department. \nThe case is being actively investigated, he said.
(02/12/07 11:57pm)
Kyle A. Dempsey, an Ivy Tech student living in Ashton Center, fled the scene of a car accident he was involved in early Saturday morning, leaving behind an unregistered handgun, according to the IU Police Department.\nDempsey entered a Jimmy John's restaurant, 1827 E. 10th St., at about 2:30 a.m., covered in blood, and then quickly left, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report. An unidentified employee of Jimmy John's called police, but when officers arrived on the scene, Dempsey was nowhere to be found, Minger said.\nMinger said officers found outside the restaurant a four-door, black Oldsmobile Aurora with damage to the front end. No one was in the vehicle, but a man nearby told police his friend Kyle was the driver, but the man didn't know where his friend was or what his friend's last name was, Minger said. A .380 semi-automatic handgun was found in the vehicle, Minger said.\nAt 2:58 a.m., IUPD officers found "a blood trail on the ground going from outside the ground floor door of Ashton-Stemple to the inside door," Minger said. \nOfficers contacted the resident assistant of Ashton-Stemple for assistance in finding Dempsey, who had been identified by this point from his vehicle registration, Minger said.\nDempsey was finally located at 3:12 a.m., when he approached police and turned himself in, Minger said.\n"Mr. Dempsey stated he had been drinking, and was sorry he left the scene, but that he was bleeding and had a swollen nose and contusion on his forehead," Minger said. Officers reported that Dempsey was swaggering at the time, unable to keep his balance, and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.\nWhen asked about the handgun, Dempsey told officers he had bought it for $25 from an individual and did not have an Indiana handgun permit, Minger said.\nDempsey was treated by an emergency medical technician and transported to the Monroe County Jail, Minger said. He was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and carrying a handgun without a permit.
(02/08/07 2:42am)
A man was arrested in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building Tuesday after admitting to peeping at other men, the IU Police Department said.\nIUPD Officer Brice Boembeke was called to the HPER building late Tuesday night after someone told a cadet at the HPER that a man was peeping in the men's locker room, said IUPD Sgt. Craig Munroe.\nBoembeke arrived around 11 p.m. and found non-student Christopher A. Casady, of West Terrace Drive, sitting in the men's locker room, wearing only a jock strap, Munroe said, reading from a police report.\nCasady told Boembeke that he came to the HPER because "he liked it and it made him feel good," Munroe said. When asked if he meant watching other men, Casady said "yes".\nHe then told Boembeke that his life was over and accused Boembeke of ruining his life if the investigation continued, Munroe said.\nCasady had alcohol with him and appeared heavily intoxicated but refused a breathalyzer test, Munroe said.\nA video camera was found inside Casady's gym bag. The contents of the camera are not currently known, but IUPD is seeking a warrant to view them, Munroe said.\nCasady was placed under arrest for peeping and public intoxication and was taken to Monroe County Jail.
(02/05/07 3:50am)
Flora Knable spent her birthday selecting gourmet pieces of chocolate and washing the sweets down with Upland Chocolate Stout.\n"It's my favorite," said the Bloomington resident of the stout. "I've made it before on my own, except we called it 'Chocolate Fog' because it was a school day with a two-hour delay."\nKnable was one of several thousand who attended the 10th annual Chocolate Fest Saturday night at the Bloomington Convention Center.\nWhile lines of anxious chocolate fans weaved through rows of tables, filled with chocolate fountains, truffles and more, Knable was among the judges, ranking the smell, appearance and texture of chocolate submissions.\nKnable received the position after her husband, John Smith, donated a bike from his store, Bikesmith, 112 S. College Ave. \n"I gave a chocolate bike," Smith said. "Well, it's a brown bike. I didn't even think about it until after, but it's perfect -- it's the chocolate color."\nHundreds purchased raffle tickets hoping to win the donated bike while others across the room submitted bids for a silent auction offering prizes such as Indianapolis Indians baseball tickets, crystal, gift certificates to local restaurants and a football helmet autographed by an Indianapolis Colts player.\nAll of the proceeds of Saturday's event went to benefit Options for Better Living, a nonprofit organization that "partners with people with disabilities and their communities to bring about better lives," said Melissa Copas, Options development director.\nThe festival is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Options, said Phui Ling Ho, Executive Assistant for Options. The goal was to net $40,000 by the end of the night, all money that would be received from ticket sales. \nFor freshman Kristina Bell the goal seemed to be to acquire as much of the cacao-based food as possible. Pulling a bulging Ziploc bag from her purse, filled with samples, she turned down another bite of a cookie from her floormate from Reed Center.\n"Within the first 15 minutes my stomach was full," Bell said. Her favorite treat was a creation called "The Billion-Dollar Brownie."\nWrapped in gold aluminum foil, the brownies are "worth their wait in gold," said chef Dalene Almeida of Meals on Heels. The Indianapolis business owner presented the moist dessert, describing Meals on Heels as a mobile kitchen. In her first marketing attempt outside of restaurants, the crowd seemed pleased.\n"It tastes like batter," said graduate student Sarah Shore, as she took a bite. Her friend Amy Weaver, an IU doctoral student, agreed. Besides the chocolate, Weaver was also drawn to Saturday's event because of what it benefited.\n"I wanted to support Options," Walker said. "They're similar to my area of study." \nServing seven surrounding counties, Options has about 250 customers who benefit from the free services, Copas said. These include assistance obtaining jobs, housing and life skills for the disabled, as well as support for their families.\nBloomingfoods, which has been a part of the festival for each year of its 10-year run, also supported helping others Saturday night. Their efforts come in the form of "Fair Trade" chocolate, said member services coordinator Jean Kautt. \n"In chocolate and coffee, growers typically get next to nothing for their crops," Kautt said, a problem Fair Trade is trying to combat. Growers of all of the chocolate sold at Bloomingfoods, 3220 E. Third St., have been paid sufficiently, Kautt said.\nAs eager hands reached for their truffles, smiles followed, along with advice on savoring. \n"You've got to let them melt in your mouth," senior John Anderson instructed. "It's the only way"
