A home invasion in a near-campus neighborhood resulted in the arrest of a Muncie man Tuesday on burglary and battery charges.

Police were called to a residence in the 300 block of South Nichols Avenue around 4 p.m. and one of the residents said two men entered his house, and one punched him and stole his wallet.

The victim recalled the suspect who had been at his house for a party and was able, with help from his friends, to identify him to police.

Ball State University police later arrested Yannick Christian Atchade, 21, 2706 W. Welllington Dr., after the victim identified him as one of the suspects.

Atchade was held on preliminary charges of felony burglary, battery and theft, and held under a $20,000 bond.

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Bars in The Village can get bloody after midnight.

A Star Press review of violent-crime reports provided by university police indicates the most dangerous place on or near campus is The Village retail district -- home of Dill Street Bar and Grill and other taverns -- after midnight.

Thirteen assaults occurred there during the fall and spring semesters of 2008-09, a nine-month period running from September through May.

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A Ball State University student confessed to police that she made up her reported Oct. 15 assault outside Woodworth and DeHority complexes, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said.

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A 23-year-old Ball State University student was attacked and apparently robbed of his wallet as he walked home from The Village early Thursday morning.

BSU police chief Gene Burton described the student’s injuries as “massive contusions and lacerations” and said he was being treated at Ball Memorial Hospital this morning.

 “He got busted up pretty good,” Burton said.

 Police believe two to four people attacked the student in the 600 block of North Dill Street around 3:30 a.m.

 The student reported that he might have been hit with a baseball bat or a stun gun. It is unclear whether he was alone or with friends at the time of the attack.

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University Police Assistant Chief Robert Fey can't remember the last time a week like this happened on Ball State University campus.

A female Ball State University student was accosted from behind at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning around Woodworth and DeHority Halls, the second time a student has been confronted by an assailant this week.

On Oct. 12, two students were confronted by a man with a gun in the overflow lot on the west side of Tillotson Avenue near Scheumann Stadium. One student's purse was stolen in the encounter. University Police sent out a public safety notice in a mass e-mail to all students after each incident.

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A female Ball State University student was accosted from behind at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday around Woodworth and DeHority Halls, the second time a student has been confronted by an assailant this week.

University Police sent out a public safety notice in a mass e-mail to all students about the incident.

The suspect is described as a 5-foot-4-inch black male will a muscular build. He was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and black sweat pants, according to the e-mail.
 

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Ball State University is curbing trends in crime on and off campus, a recent study suggests.

However, school survey administrator David Fried said there was one negative category that stood out in his mind in the 2009 annual security report and 2008 crime statistics, which were released Thursday.

Fried said two highlights he noticed are that burglary is down and drug violation is up.

"Officers are making more traffic stops, which accounts for the increase in drug violations," Fried said. "Most of the violations deal with marijuana, and with traffic stops officers are more likely to confront people who are carrying it."

As the director of Student Rights and Community Standards, Fried is responsible for compiling information for the report. The Student Rights and Community Standards office addresses university policies and procedures for students, staff and the community.

According to the Ball State Web site, the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 requires all post-secondary institutions participating in federal student aid programs to disclose campus security policy and certain crime statistics.

This annual report offers information from 2008 and compares it to statistics from the past two years.

Highlights indicate that overall security on campus has improved. There are lower levels of burglary on campus and in the residence halls compared to 2006 and 2007. Arrests for liquor law violations on campus are down 15 from 2007, but liquor law violations in the residence halls have increased by 11 the last two years. Drug law violation disciplinary action referrals are down seven from last year and liquor law violations on public property are down nearly 200 since last year. Drug violation arrests on public property have risen 15 since 2007.

No security violations have been reported in many areas of the survey.

For a complete breakdown of the information about 2008 crime statistics, go to http://cms.bsu.edu/About/AdministrativeOffices/StudentRights/ReportsandStatistics/CampusCrime.aspx

Sarah Boswell

Originally published: 10/8/09 at 10:23 PM EST

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Ball State University student was released from Ball Memorial Hospital at 5 p.m. Tuesday, a week after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning his firearm.

Student, who had his pinky finger amputated as a result of the accident, said he is planning on attending classes Wednesday.

The student was in his apartment cleaning his gun last Tuesday when he accidently pulled the trigger.

"I called 911 and laid on the ground, waiting for the ambulance to take me to the hospital," he said.

The bullet severed his femoral artery as well as smaller veins and arteries in his leg.

The student said he bought his gun in July, but that he has been around guns since he was five.

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Muncie and Ball State University police were called to an apartment complex near the BSU campus on Tuesday evening after one person was reported to have been shot.

Initial reports indicated the shooting, at the Cardinal Villas complex in the 1200 block of West Bethel Avenue, was accidental.

A male victim, said to have suffered gunshot wounds in a finger and leg, was taken by ambulance to Ball Memorial Hospital about 7:15 p.m. His wounds were not life-threatening.

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