Charges have been filed against one of the suspects in the November break in and theft of the Theta Chi fraternity house.
Ronda Defrees, investigator for the Muncie city court, said Dustin Koch was charged with conversion and trespassing, both class A misdemeanors.
Koch and James Finn, both members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, were arrested in late November after police found property in Finn's room that had been reported stolen by Theta Chi, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said in a previous interview.
Defrees said she wasn't sure if charges have been pressed against Finn. According to the Indiana Code of Law, conversion is defined as "knowingly and intentionally exerting unauthorized control over another person's property." A class A misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of one year and up to $5,000 in fines, according to the code.
A Theta Chi member reported that someone had entered the house by breaking a window with a brick on Nov. 27, according to a University Police Department report. The perpetrator took about $2,750 worth of property from the house including paddles, a flag and two large composite photos, according to the report.
The Delta Tau Delta national organization launched a review into the culture of its Ball State chapter, Cara Luyster, assistant director of student life, said in a previous interview. The review consisted of members from the national organization interviewing every member of the local chapter and determining if they would stay with the fraternity, Luyster said in the interview.
Luyster said she had not been informed of the national organization's decision. She said the members of the Ball State chapter had not yet been informed.
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