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Last updated on Monday, January 26, 2015
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - A Purdue student is suspended from the university after being arrested on preliminary charges of rape and possession of paraphernalia.
The Purdue Police Department was notified Thursday by another university's law enforcement agency that one of its students reported being sexually assaulted at a Purdue fraternity over the weekend.
WLFI reports, after executing a search warrant, 20-year-old James Rendon was taken into custody and questioned. He was later arrested and booked into the Tippecanoe County Jail.
Rendon is now prohibited from being on campus. He lived at the Acacia Fraternity on Waldren Street and is listed as a student in the School of Technology.
In addition, the fraternity has been suspended as a Recognized Student Organization, which suspends the organization from participating in any Purdue events, activities or functions.
Police are not saying what university alerted them of the assault. The case has been forwarded to the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor's Office.
Rendon has a bond set of $1,500 cash plus $15,000 surety.
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