A Purdue University student was arrested Thursday in connection with a suspicious package found in the Purdue Visitor Information Center.

Roy C. Sun, 21, a senior in the College of Engineering from Andover, Mass., was arrested on suspicion of terroristic mischief and possession of stolen property.

The Purdue University Visitor Information Center was temporarily evacuated Thursday after employees reported a suspicious package in the building about 7:50 a.m.

According to a university press release, three college-aged people entered the Visitor Information Center in the Northwestern Parking Garage with a package they placed in the lobby. They then moved the package to a hallway and left.

Police evacuated about 10 people from the building, then used a portable X-ray machine to examine the box, the release said.

The box contained a wheel lock, a parking ticket and $20.

People were allowed back inside around 9 a.m., the release said.

Purdue Parking Services had written the ticket found in the box and placed the wheel lock on Sun’s vehicle the previous day because the car allegedly displayed a parking permit that did not belong to him.

Purdue sophomore John Moore said he thought the incident was “crazy.”

“With the way things are now, I don’t know why anyone would try to make themselves look suspicious,” he said. “At least they checked it out and made sure everyone got out the building if it was really a threat.”

Under Indiana law, terroristic mischief is a Class C felony. It’s defined as knowingly or intentionally placing a device with the intent to cause a reasonable person to believe that it is a weapon of mass destruction.

A weapon of mass destruction is defined as any chemical device, biological device or organism or radiological device that is capable of being used for terrorism.

Formal charges have not yet been filed against Sun by the Tippecanoe County prosecutor’s office.

Prosecutor Pat Harrington said Thursday afternoon that his office has not filed any criminal charges related to the terroristic mischief statute during his three years as prosecutor.

Possession of stolen property is a Class D felony.

After his arrest, Sun was taken to the Tippecanoe County Jail where he was being held on $10,000 surety bond Thursday evening.