UNM Crime Briefs

Cops: custody conflict spurs police intervention

UNM student Joshua Hobson contacted UNMPD at about 8 a.m. on Oct. 2 and stated that his daughter’s grandparents were trying to meet with her but were not allowed to do so as he has full custody of his daughter, according to a police report.

Hobson said his daughter’s grandparents were circling the UNM Childcare Center and that he had seen them at his apartment complex and at the center since Oct. 1, when they arrived from Texas. Hobson stated that the grandparents left multiple messages but he had not returned their phone calls.

Hobson called UNMPD again at about 1 p.m. on Oct. 2 and said the grandparents returned to the center but had left by the time UNMPD arrived. At about 1:10 p.m., the grandparents arrived and UNMPD was able to speak with them. According to the report, the grandparents told police officers that they wanted to see their granddaughter, or at least leave presents for her because it had been her birthday the day before, and that they had tried to contact Hobson multiple times but their calls went unanswered. UNMPD contacted Hobson, asking if the grandparents could leave the presents behind, which he agreed to.

The grandparents then informed UNMPD that they would be going back to Texas the next day and that they were filing for grandparent rights through the court system. UNMPD told the grandparents not to contact Hobson until they legally obtain visitation rights. No further action was taken.

Quarrel leads to classroom damage on north campus

On Sept. 27, UNMPD responded to a call from UNM staff member John Grassham, who stated that a verbal altercation between two UNM students Jocelyn Vigil and Jason Woisin ended in Woisin punching a hole in the wall of a classroom on north campus at 700 Camino de Salud N.E., according to the police report.

Vigil said she began to pick on Woisin about a paper he had failed to give to her, which led to a verbal altercation. Vigil told police that Woisin said something like he “killed a lot of people in the army” and that he could “kill (her) too,” which made Vigil cry, according to the report. Vigil said that at first she was scared but did not feel threatened and that she was also responsible for the hole in the wall because she physically pushed Woisin. Vigil said she did not want to press charges.

UNMPD then spoke to Woisin, who shared a story similar to Vigil’s.

Woisin stated that he had been in the army and had PTSD and that Vigil had pushed him until he lost control. According to the report, UNMPD noticed that Woisin was visibly shaken about the altercation and that he said he would pay for the damages to the wall. Police officers said they would contact UNM Physical Plant Department about the repairs and that no criminal charges would be pressed, although both students could be punished by the administration.