By NICK WERNER
nwerner@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE — A 23-year-old Ball State University student was attacked and apparently robbed of his wallet as he walked home from The Village early Thursday.

BSU police chief Gene Burton described the student’s injuries as “massive contusions and lacerations” and said he was being treated at Ball Memorial Hospital Thursday morning.

“He got busted up pretty good,” Burton said.

Police believe two to four people attacked the student in the 600 block of North Dill Street about 3:30 a.m.

The student reported he might have been hit with a baseball bat or a stun gun. It is unclear whether he was alone or with friends at the time of the attack.

Police report the student was intoxicated when he was attacked and, at times, provided confusing or conflicting accounts of what happened.

Neighbors reported hearing the attack but did not see it, Burton said.

Burton said late Thursday morning that investigators were waiting for the student to sober up to interview him again to get a better understanding of what happened.

In other police news:

Members of the Tri-County Drug Task Force have arrested a Bluffton man on charges he dealt drugs in Jay County.

Cody W. Crowder, 20, is charged with two counts of dealing in a controlled substance, a Class B felony carrying a standard 10-year prison term. He is accused of twice selling morphine to a police informant last summer in Portland.

Crowder was being held in the Jay County Jail on Thursday under a $45,000 bond.

Contact news reporter Nick Werner at 213-5832.