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Wichita State University reports two sexual assault arrests in matter of weeks

The Independent·Jasmine Fernández·about 17 hours ago
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A freshman at Wichita State University in Kansas was arrested on a rape charge last weekend, marking the second arrest of a student for an alleged campus sex crime in less than two weeks, university police said.

James Douglas Vandenberg, a 19-year-old studying business, was arrested at a university dorm hall at 3:27 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, as reported by KWCH and The Sunflower , the university’s student newspaper. He was booked on one count of rape, and was seen smiling in his booking photo at the Sedgwick County Jail.

Vandenberg was arrested by campus police and was released Sunday after posting a $100,000 surety bond, a spokesman for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital .

WSU Director of Communications Lainie Mazzullo-Hart confirmed the sexual assault report and arrest in an email to People .

“Out of respect for privacy, and because the case remains under investigation,” Mazzullo-Hart wrote, “WSU does not tolerate violence of any kind.…

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