IU student arrested after Union Building bomb scare

A package labeled ‘call the bomb squad’ was left in the Student Central building

On Thursday evening around 8:30pm, an employee working at the Student Central in the Union Building called Indiana State Police regarding a suspicious white package labeled “Call the Bomb Squad” that was left at the facility.

Following an X-ray scan of the package, it was determined that its contents were a number of books. No explosive devices were found, and, though police set up a perimeter around the facility, no IU Notify alert was released due to the building’s isolation on campus.

After examining building surveillance footage and evidence from the box, IU student Daven Patton was arrested around 1:40am. He has been charged with terroristic mischief, a level five felony.

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