19-Year-Old Accused of Rape on College Campus, Less Than 2 Weeks After Another Student Was Arrested
Wichita State University student James Vandenberg, 19, was accused of rape 12 days after Aaron Christian, 18, was accused of the same crime
Two students at Wichita State University have been arrested and charged with rape in a span of 12 days
WSU student James Vandenberg, 19, was arrested on Sat., Oct. 24 and charged with rape
WSU student Aaron Christian, 18, was arrested on Oct. 12 and charged with aggravated domestic battery and rape
A 19-year-old Wichita State University student was arrested after being accused of for rape over the weekend, the second student to be arrested in connection with allegations of for sexual assault in less than two weeks, university police say.
On Saturday, Oct. 24, at 3:27 p.m., James Douglas Vandenberg, 19, was arrested and charged with one count of rape, university police said, KWCH and the university's student newspaper, The Sunflower, report.
Vandenberg was arrested at the dorms at the university in Wichita, per university police, the outlets report.
He was held at the Sedgwick County jail on $100,000 bond and was later released.
Vandenberg is a freshman who is studying business, The Sunflower reports. No other details of his arrest were available.
Vandenberg's arrest came less than two weeks after the arrest of another student, Aaron Andrew Christian, 18, who was arrested on Monday, Oct. 12, at 9:56 a.m., and faces charges of aggravated domestic battery and rape, university police allege, KWCH, The Sunflower and KAKE report.
Christian is no longer listed as an inmate at Sedgwick County Jail.
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The sexual assault allegations against Christian were reported on campus on Sunday, Oct. 11, WSU Director of Communications Lainie Mazzullo-Hart said, KAKE reports.
Mazzullo-Hart said additional details would not be released because of privacy concerns and the ongoing investigation, according to KAKE.
In a statement, Wichita State University said "The university takes all reports of sexual assault seriously. Sexual violence has no place in any campus community, and we are committed to following all applicable laws, reporting, investigative and student-support processes," KWCH reports.
It is unclear whether Vandenberg or Christian have retained attorneys who can speak on their behalf.
University Police referred PEOPLE to the university's Strategic Communications Department, which did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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