An Indiana University employee was arrested June 22 after police say she pointed a firearm at three cyclists near Second Street and College Avenue in Bloomington.
Lois Hugentober, 67, is facing two counts of intimidation with a deadly weapon, both Level 5 felonies, along with two counts of pointing an unloaded firearm at another person, a misdemeanor. The probable cause affidavit says she works in IU’s Auxiliary Services Administration and had been listed as a financial administration coordinator and accounting assistant for the university as early as 2019, according to Open Payrolls.
Bloomington Police Department officers were called that morning after a report of a woman in an SUV allegedly pointing a gun at three cyclists in the roadway. One cyclist told police the group had been riding behind Hugentober at a red light. After the light changed, the cyclist said, Hugentober drove forward, then stopped in the intersection and started pointing a gun at them.
That cyclist said the weapon had a laser, and cellphone video taken during the incident appears to show a revolver. Another cyclist told police the laser was aimed at one of them for about 20 seconds before they filmed Hugentober’s license plate, after which she drove away.
A witness told officers the three males had been riding in the area and were not causing any problems before the confrontation. Another witness provided the license plate number, which police later used to identify Hugentober.
Investigators say they traced her employment and found her vehicle in the parking lot at the IU Auxiliary Services Administration office later that same day. An officer met with Hugentober inside the building, and she said she needed to let her supervisor know she would be taken to the police station.
According to the affidavit, Hugentober began discussing the incident during the ride to police, saying she “was in fear for her safety,” after being surrounded by the cyclists. The officer described her as agitated during that conversation.
Police also found an unloaded firearm in her purse, later identified as a pistol, and seized it. At the police station, Hugentober said one of the cyclists had bumped into her vehicle from behind and claimed another cyclist told her, “You better not get out of your car.”
Officers told her that witnesses had described the scene differently. She responded that “they weren’t good people,” and wanted the cyclists charged with intimidating and harassing her, according to the affidavit.
Police noted the firearm was unloaded before booking it as evidence, something Hugentober said she did not know. Based on the witness accounts and video, she was arrested and taken to the Monroe County Jail.
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