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UNMPD: pills robbed from maintenance shop
UNM staff member Chris Duran reported to UNMPD on Oct. 17 that some of his prescription medications were removed from his lunch bag, which he left in the maintenance shop on the east side of Hokona Hall earlier that day. He noticed that the bag was open a couple of hours later and that 16 Diazepam and 20 Oxycodone pills were missing, according to the report. Duran told police that his prescriptions had been filled the day before so both bottles should have been full, according to the report. Duran said the shop remains locked and that only a few people have a key for the room, so he notified his supervisor. The case is pending further investigation.

Report: iPod and charger stolen, no fingerprints
On Oct. 18, Elena Plis reported that the passenger side window of her car had been broken and that an unknown suspect had stolen an iPod and its charger from the car. According to the UNMPD report, she was parked on the south side of the Center for High Tech Materials. The officer dusted for fingerprints, but did not find any. There was no further information at the time of the report.

Report: Dodge Neon stolen from UNM Q Lot
UNM student Starr Romero reported that her car was stolen from UNM’s Q Lot on Oct. 18. According to the UNMPD report, Romero parked the car on the north side of Q Lot at about 9 a.m. and found that it was missing when she returned at about 5 p.m. All UNMPD units and local police agencies were given notice of the theft, according to the report, and it was entered into the National Crime Information Center database.

Report: no suspect for broken SMLC door
Between the evening of Oct. 18 and the morning of Oct. 19, an unknown suspect broke the first sheet of glass on a double-paned entry door to the Science and Math Learning Center, according to a UNMPD report. Robert Ortiz, the Facilities Services Manager for the chemistry department, was reviewing the surveillance video for suspect information at the time of the report. No witnesses were located, and the damage to the door was valued at $999, according to the report.

Cops: Fraternity house vandalized with eggs
At about 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 21, UNM student William Putz heard what sounded like loud banging outside the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. According to a UNMPD report, Putz went outside to investigate and saw unknown suspects run to the east and south, the report said. The suspects had been throwing rocks and eggs at the building, according to the report, and three windows were reported broken. According to the report, the windows have an estimated total value not exceeding $1000. The case is considered closed pending further leads.

Cops: car trailer stolen from UNM parking lot
A white car trailer was stolen from the UNM Student Family Parking Lot on Oct. 21, according to a police report. The trailer is still registered under Mark Stephen Barckholtz* in Michigan, though David McCumber, the man who reported the theft, said he purchased the trailer from Barckholtz. McCumber provided the officer with Barckholtz’s phone number, as he will be contacted if the trailer is found. No further information was available at the time of the report.

*This person’s name was spelled three different ways in the police report. The provided spelling is the one used most often in the report.

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