Crime Briefs

April 18

A UNM Police officer was dispatched to the Student Residence Center in reference to a distraught young woman. The officer found the young woman, who reported that a student from another dorm had raped her. The officers went to the man's dorm and took him to UNMPD for questioning. During the interview, the student consented to a room search where a used condom was found in the trash. The student was arrested.

April 19

A SUB cook reported that after informing the head chef he was transferring out-of-state, the head chef intentionally bumped him while he was using the slicing machine. He said he could have been badly cut. After the cook notified his superiors, the head chef was relocated to another kitchen.

April 20

A student reported that while he was in class, he saw a kitchen knife fall out of another student's bag. He said the student with the knife put it back in his backpack and left class. UNMPD could not find the student.

April 25

A UNM officer was dispatched to UNMH regarding a possible overdose. The officers arrived at the men's restroom in the lobby and found the door locked. Maintenance unlocked the door, where officers found an unconscious man in possession of drug paraphernalia. The man was taken to triage. He later told police he had bought heroin in the parking lot and injected himself in the lobby restroom. The paraphernalia was sent to the district attorney's office as potential prosecution evidence.

April 25

A UNM Police officer was dispatched to Johnson Field where two young women reported an intoxicated man was following them. The officer found the man and asked him to leave campus. The man refused. He resisted officers' attempts to arrest him, so they forcefully restrained him. The man was transported to Bernalillo County Detention Center to be booked for a list of charges.

All information was provided by the UNM Police Department.

~Leah Valencia