UNM Crime Briefs

Student reports car stolen at Lobo Village

The father of a student who lives at Lobo Village reported his daughter’s vehicle stolen on Nov. 4. Police reports said the student told her father her car was missing, and her father told her to make absolutely sure before filing a police report. She reported she last saw the vehicle around 1 a.m. and one of her friends saw it around 3:15 p.m. The vehicle was entered into the National Crime Information Center.

Another car stolen from Lobo Village

Another vehicle was reported stolen from Lobo Village on Nov. 5. According to the police report, a student told UNMPD officers that he parked his vehicle in Lobo Village’s north parking lot near building no. three at about 10:30 p.m. When he returned to the vehicle around 1:15 a.m., the vehicle was gone. Officers reported no obvious signs of a break-in in the area where the vehicle was parked. The student said he has the only set of keys to the vehicle. On-duty security guards said there were no vehicles towed from Lobo Village that night.

Domestic violence on Central Avenue

UNMPD officers were unable to charge a man with domestic violence when his ex-girlfriend was either unwilling or unable to give officers key information, police reports said. Officers were dispatched Nov. 8 to a residence on Central Avenue where the victim told officers she and her ex-boyfriend were involved in a verbal dispute.

She said her ex-boyfriend claimed she had lied to him about seeing his brother, according to the report. The ex-boyfriend became angry and shoved the victim to the ground, took her keys and cell phone and threw them. He then fled on foot, police reports said. The victim completed a written statement and officers gave her a domestic violence info packet. The police report said the victim could not provide the correct spelling of her ex’s name, nor his complete date of birth.

Cell phone stolen during surgery

A patient at UNM Hospital reported her cell phone was stolen while she was in surgery Nov. 11. According to the police report, the patient’s husband said he left the hospital room for five minutes while his wife was in surgery and when he returned, the cell phone was missing. There were no witnesses and are no suspects at this time.