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Charges on hold in beating
Prosecutor awaits injury details, expects to proceed next week
Samantha Zilai
Charges will be filed against the five Ball State University-affiliated women accused of assaulting a sixth once complete information regarding the victim's injuries is available, Muncie officials said Tuesday.
Delaware County's deputy prosecuting attorney Judi Calhoun said that she has not received the entire case file and wants complete information regarding the victim Christina Elslinger's injuries before pressing charges.
"I don't want to rush into charging something if the injuries are worse than I thought," she said.
The earliest Calhoun said she expected to file charges was the middle of next week.
Five Ball State University-affiliated women now identified as Ashley Kirkman, 20, Amanda Polson, 19, Alysse Popov, 20, Kari Streib, 20 and Rene Whiteley, 19, are accused of battery with serious injury.
Muncie Police Department Detective Jami Brown said in an earlier interview that she did not expect more arrests to be made in this case.
According to police reports, the fight broke out in the 1900 block of North Maplewood Avenue Oct. 7.
Elslinger suffered severe injuries that resulted in a surgery to reconstruct her elbow, Brown said.
A rift between two groups of girls has been growing for some time, Brown said.
The fight began with a verbal confrontation between Elslinger and one of the accused women, according to police reports, and escalated to a street brawl.
Brown said after the incident the accused women bragged about their activities on Facebook.
"The victim, family and Muncie Police Department will be assisted with the information from Facebook," Brown said. "It could possibly serve as evidence."
Delaware County's deputy prosecuting attorney Judi Calhoun said that she has not received the entire case file and wants complete information regarding the victim Christina Elslinger's injuries before pressing charges.
"I don't want to rush into charging something if the injuries are worse than I thought," she said.
The earliest Calhoun said she expected to file charges was the middle of next week.
Five Ball State University-affiliated women now identified as Ashley Kirkman, 20, Amanda Polson, 19, Alysse Popov, 20, Kari Streib, 20 and Rene Whiteley, 19, are accused of battery with serious injury.
Muncie Police Department Detective Jami Brown said in an earlier interview that she did not expect more arrests to be made in this case.
According to police reports, the fight broke out in the 1900 block of North Maplewood Avenue Oct. 7.
Elslinger suffered severe injuries that resulted in a surgery to reconstruct her elbow, Brown said.
A rift between two groups of girls has been growing for some time, Brown said.
The fight began with a verbal confrontation between Elslinger and one of the accused women, according to police reports, and escalated to a street brawl.
Brown said after the incident the accused women bragged about their activities on Facebook.
"The victim, family and Muncie Police Department will be assisted with the information from Facebook," Brown said. "It could possibly serve as evidence."
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Chad
posted 10/17/07 @ 1:16 PM EST
"Charges on hold in beating"
WTF?!?!?!?!
Let's hope the courts get rolling (i.e. filing charges) on those five heartless chicas once we have a complete assessment on how bad that woman's injuries are. (Continued…)
Unbiased
posted 10/17/07 @ 1:31 PM EST
Chad,
You shouldn't be so quick to judge. I think there is a lot more to this story than what people have been reading and that the victim may not be just a victim but also an instigator. (Continued…)
Jail Time
posted 10/17/07 @ 5:00 PM EST
Something needs to be done about these so-called "Ball State 5". NO matter if your black or white, the whole thing goin down in Jena, LA will play a part in the sentencing. (Continued…)
B
posted 10/17/07 @ 8:46 PM EST
This entire situation is beyond deplorable and I don't care if the girl chucked a beer bottle at them and started the whole thing. Just because you're in college, unsupervised now that you're not at home, doesn't mean you get to act like an idiot. (Continued…)
jake
posted 10/18/07 @ 4:10 AM EST
if the "victim" fought back then technically the 5 girls could press charges against her
Anonymous
posted 10/18/07 @ 4:22 PM EST
All these girls deserve jail time. Period.
We are in college for crying out loud. Fighting over a guy? That is what makes this situation even more crazier is that it all started over a guy. (Continued…)
Morals Firmly Intact
Morals Firmly Intact
posted 11/20/07 @ 9:14 AM EST
Does anyone know if there have been any charges brought against any of these students?
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