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IU student arrested, charged for rape at Bloomington dorm

IU student arrested/charged for rape at Bloomington dorm

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indiana University student faces felony charges for a rape reported to police on the Bloomington campus earlier this month.

Gregory Gabler, an 18-year-old from Lake Worth, Florida, is charged in Monroe County with two counts of rape.

Gabler is accused of forcing himself on a female student inside a residence hall on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 7.

The victim told campus police that she attended an IU football game on the night of Friday, Sept. 6, and then went to Gabler’s dorm room with some friends to hang out. She described Gabler as an “acquaintance,” according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by News 8.

Court papers say she and her friends hung out with Gabler and she went back to her dorm room later that night.

According to police, the victim and Gabler texted back and forth for awhile before she went back to his room early Saturday morning.

She told police that Gabler was “aggressive and violent” and sexually assaulted her while saying, “You’re never leaving me.”

Two campus police officers found Gabler in class on Sept. 10 and took him to IUPD headquarters, where he refused to answer questions, court papers say.

Later in the night, Gabler was arrested by IUPD officers and booked into the Monroe County Jail. He was released after posting bond.

Online court records show Gabler has an initial hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday.

This is the third rape reported on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus since the start of September. Noah Apgar, a 20-year-old IU student from Greenwood, faces five counts of felony rape and was due in court Wednesday afternoon. Online police records obtained by News 8 also show a sexual battery was reported in August.

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