Police: woman reports man for harassment
On Sept. 1, a UNMPD officer received a station report about a male subject “approaching a female multiple times,” according to the report. The woman allegedly told police that an African American male approached her on Sept. 1 near Satellite Coffee on Central.
The woman allegedly gave the man a fake name when he asked for hers. Their conversation ended when the woman entered Satellite.
According to the report, the man approached the woman again at Zimmerman Library on Sept. 3, and then “startled her” outside Castetter Hall later that day. He reportedly asked her during the latter incident if “she was interested in house sitting and if she was single,” and she rebuffed him. On Sept. 4, the man allegedly spotted the woman getting off a bus and greeted her by “touching her shoulder, but she pulled away quickly.” Police are currently investigating the incident.
Sorority reports man loitering near house
On Sept. 4, female residents of an on-campus sorority house alerted police about a “Hispanic male loitering in and around the rear” of the house, according to a police report. The man had allegedly been reported to police by the sorority for wandering around the area earlier that day. When police arrived, residents directed police to a man walking east on Mesa Vista Drive. Police stopped and detained the man.
UNMPD later learned that the man had been asked by police “on more than one occasion” not to return to the sorority area and to the University, according to the report. Police placed the man in custody and transferred him to the Bernalillo County Municipal Detention Center. He was charged for criminal trespass.
Police: Laptop dousing case lacks further leads
On Sept. 4, a UNM student called police about a damaged laptop in her dorm room, according to a police report. The student told an officer she found her laptop doused in water that morning, and police allegedly identified that “it was apparent that water had been spilled all around the area.” An empty Styrofoam cup was located near the computer. The student suspected that her roommate caused the damage because the two “had not been getting along lately,” according to the report.
Police contacted the student’s roommate about the incident, but the roommate said she didn’t know anything about the damage, according to the report. The roommate reportedly said the dorm room was always open, so several people might have entered and caused the damage. Police said the roommate seemed “genuine” in her response, and advised her to contact UNMPD with any additional information on the case.
Report: visitor lobbed food at security officer
On Sept. 5, a UNMPD officer was dispatched regarding a possible battery. A woman was allegedly trying to deliver food to a friend in a room at the UNM Hospital, but a hospital security officer told her she had the wrong room number and denied the woman entry.
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The woman allegedly became “agitated,” but continued to approach the room’s door and insisted she enter. The hospital security officer then reportedly explained why he would not let her in, so the woman allegedly “backed away 10 feet from the door and threw the bag of food at (the hospital security officer) striking him in the chest.”
According to the report, the woman admitted to throwing the bag, but claimed that the bag was thrown at the security officer’s feet. According to the report, however, a surveillance video revealed that the bag indeed struck the security officer on the chest.
The hospital security officer was not injured and did not want to press charges, according to the report. Police warned the woman that she could go to jail for the incident, but the case is now closed.
