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  • IMPD has lead on Sunday’s armed robbery

    BY MELISSA IANNUZZI | ASST. NEWS EDITOR The Butler University and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Departments are searching for individuals who robbed two Butler students at gunpoint. Detective Bruce Allee said IMPD appears to have a lead in the case. Two Butler students were walking on 42nd Street around 3 a.m. Sunday when a car stopped…

  • OPINION | BUPD acted correctly in chase

    Butler University students took to social media Sunday—about a camel. During the hunt for an armed man on and around campus, students received a message from Butler University Police Department stating the suspect was seen running “towrad the camel.” I could handle a few misspellings as long as they meant I was staying informed. BUPD…

  • OPINION | BUPD’s new K-9 challenges fame of Butler Blue II

    Heads up  Blue II.  The Butler University community welcomed a mixed labrador named Marcus right before the fall semester finished. Marcus is part of the new K-9 unit in the Butler University Police Department, and although I love Blue II, I am excited to see Marcus around campus hounding down criminals. As bold as this…

  • OPINION | Students can prevent car break-ins

    The nine recent reports of vehicle break-ins on campus are an indication that in mere minutes, our most valued possessions can be stolen and never returned to us. Let’s face it. College kids live on a budget. We cannot afford to replace our possessions just because someone decided to break into our cars and take…

  • Officers arrest three in connection to Sigma Nu burglary

    At 10:30 p.m. Friday, Butler University Police Department dispatch received a call from a student and Sigma Nu fraternity member, who reported seeing an individual near the front porch and a window of the fraternity house. Butler Chief of Police Ben Hunter said that the individuals were then seen carrying a television into a Chrysler…