Concealed Identity and Loud Party Call at Lobo Village
University of New Mexico Basketball player Corey Manigault was found to be in possession of alcohol and suspected drug paraphernalia by UNM police.
UNMPD was called to Lobo Village on Aug. 18 after several loud party complaints.
Manigault answered the door, did not comply with the resident advisors instruction and continued to close the door on her even with police officers present at the property, according to the police report.
The report stated that the RA identified seeing open containers of alcohol and suspected drug paraphernalia in “plain view” within the apartment.
The man identified himself as a Lobo Village resident and a UNM Basketball Player originally from Maryland. He initially gave his name as Dante Jones according to the UNMPD report, but a record check of the name showed that the name given was incorrect.
He then insisted on leaving the property, even though UNMPD was still actively investigating the activities occurring in the apartment, the report said. He still refused to allow the police and RA to enter the apartment.
Upon attempting to leave the room, UNMPD told the man that the UNM basketball coach would be contacted if he did not provide the officers with his correct name. At that point, the man complied and identified himself as Manigault.
According to the report, he was then instructed by the RA to pour out all of the bottles of alcohol in the room and compiled.
It is unclear if Manigault is in violation of the UNM Substance Abuse Policy. However, violation of the policy will result in a series of repercussions according to page 65 through 69 of the UNM Student Athlete Handbook.
UNM Basketball head coach Paul Weir said that he has no comment on the event according to Chelsea Pitvorec, UNM Athletics associate director of communications.
UNM Athletics Director Eddie Nunez said he was unaware of the event or the possible repercussions if Manigault is in violation of the UNM Substance Abuse Policy.
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“I’m not going to speculate on what we would do and how we would treat it,” Nunez said.
Battery of a Healthcare worker at UNMH
A patient at UNM Hospital battered two healthcare workers on Aug. 17.
When UNMPD arrived at the hospital, they were told that a patient had been uncooperative, violent towards staff, and attempted to spit on people, according to the police report. The patient was subsequently placed in restraints earlier in the day but was able to slip out of them.
When patient care tech Shantae Salazar attempted to place the patient in restraints again, the patient grabbed the tech’s wrist and sunk her fingernails in it.
Isabel Nunez, who is also a UNMH patient care tech, witnessed Salazar struggling with a patient and entered the room to help.
According to the UNMPD police report, she attempted to control the patient’s legs and was kicked just above her right eye. The two then successfully placed the bed restraints on the patient.
A UNMPD officer attempted to interview the patient after the incident but she was “moaning, pulling at her restraints and thrashing her head back and forth.” Due to this and that she was allegedly spitting on people earlier that day, the officer decided not to interview the patient “because of her mental state.”
The case is set to be forwarded to the District Attorney's Office for review and possible prosecution.
Makayla Grijalva is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @MakaylaEliboria