Skip to contentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.Join todayAlready a member? Log inJasmine Fernández in New YorkTuesday 27 October 2026 08:03 GMTStudents James Douglas Vandenberg, 19, and Aaron Andrew Christian, 18, were taken into custody by campus police on rape charges less than two weeks apart (Sedgwick County Jail)James Douglas Vandenberg, 19, was arrested on October 24 at a Wichita State University dorm on a rape charge and later released on a $100,000 bond.Vandenberg's arrest occurred less than two weeks after 18-year-old student Aaron Andrew Christian was arrested on October 12 on charges of rape and aggravated domestic battery.WSU Director of Communications Lainie Mazzullo-Hart confirmed both arrests, emphasizing that the university does not tolerate violence and takes all sexual assault reports seriously.Details surrounding the circumstances of both alleged campus sexual assaults have not been released, and investigations by university police remain ongoing.Both students were booked into Sedgwick County Jail and subsequently released after posting $100,000 surety bonds.In fullWichita State University reports two sexual assault arrests in matter of weeksMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in