Crime Briefs for Nov. 3, 2016

Crime Briefs for Nov. 3, 2016

Harassment

On Oct. 23, an officer met with a female at 2500 Campus Blvd. NE in reference to an accusation that she was being harassed by a former friend, according to a UNMPD report. She said she, her boyfriend and her boyfriend’s friends were in the process of making plans to go to New York for New Year’s Eve when the friends suddenly decided not to go. 

When the female asked one of the friends why they chose not to go, he said they felt it was unlikely that the female and her boyfriend would still be dating by January. That same friend began sending her abusive messages through text messages and Facebook starting Oct. 19. 

Because of this, she blocked him on the social media site, she said. He told her he would damage her reputation by telling others the “truth” about her, she said. He proceeded to write an email stating she would be a danger to other students and sent it to the professor she works with as a teacher’s assistant. The female said she is placing a restraining order on the friend. 

The professor forwarded the officer the emails. The suspect was contacted through a phone call on Oct. 25 and told to stop contacting the female.

Embezzlement, possible drug use

On Oct. 25, a woman called UNMPD, stating her son took her vehicle without her permission, according to a report. She later said she feared that he may be using drugs. An officer spoke with the Spanish-speaking woman and her daughter, who translated for her. 

The mother told the officer her son took the vehicle the previous evening, and she was concerned for his safety. She said she does not want him to go to jail, but that he should receive treatment for drug use. He has driven the vehicle with her permission in the past; however, he did not have permission on Oct. 25. 

She said the recently purchased vehicle’s title was signed over to her, but she has not visited MVD to legally finalize it. UNMPD was contacted about the son around 4 a.m. on Oct. 25 after someone reported the subject was behaving suspiciously at a UNM campus parking lot. However, the officers could not find the subject or the vehicle. 

The black Ford was filed through the National Crime Information Center as embezzled.

Disorderly conduct, criminal trespass at Health Sciences Library

On Oct. 25, a UNMPD officer was dispatched to the UNM Health Sciences Library in reference to a disorderly male consuming what appeared to be an alcoholic beverage. Library staff reported that the subject was speaking to others loudly and had been asked to leave on a previous date for engaging in intoxicated behavior. 

When the officer arrived at the scene, another officer was already speaking to the subject. The subject was carrying a large, open alcoholic beverage and smelled of liquor. A plastic cup containing some of the beverage was left at the computer pod where the subject had been sitting. The opened container on state property is considered a violation. 

When asked to exit the library with his belongings, the subject yelled loudly and refused to leave. One officer told the subject he would be arrested if he did not exit the library. He refused to return a set of library headphones and used profane language in front of students and staff. 

After being given multiple opportunities to exit the building, he was handcuffed and arrested, but he continued to use profane language. This was the third time the subject had been disorderly and intoxicated on campus property.

Patient-on-patient battery at Mental Health Clinic

On the afternoon of Oct. 26, an officer was sent to the UNM Mental Health Clinic, in reference to a battery, according to a police report. MHC staff members said one patient kicked another patient in the eye multiple times, while the victim was lying in his hospital bed. There were no witnesses. 

A doctor told the officer that both patients were medically restrained afterward. The patient who allegedly committed the battery was said to be the aggressor of another battery on Oct. 24. 

The officer asked the doctor how MHC patients and staff could be kept safe from the aggressor, and the doctor said that the patient would be secluded until his medication was corrected. 

Compiled by Elizabeth Sanchez