Farmington Police were called to the San Juan College dorm over the weekend for the second time in less than a month

Police were dispatch to the Nizhoni Sunrise Suites at 3:44 a.m. Sunday in response to a fight. The call came from a resident, who stated “she could hear subjects talking about a knife,” according to the statement of probable cause.

Upon arrival, police learned Tyriell Pete, 19, of Farmington, reportedly held a knife to the throat of Romeo Upshaw and “sliced” his palm, according to the statement of probable cause.

When officer questioned Pete, they stated he “advised he sliced someone with a knife.” He also reportedly admitted the person he cut was Upshaw, court records state.

The incident reportedly spawned from a fight between Upshaw and his girlfriend Hannah Clah, who lives in the dorm. Pete told police “Romeo and Hannah were getting into a verbal argument on the second floor,” and Pete went “to the room to check on Hannah,” according to the statement of probable cause.

Pete told police “he threatened to get Romeo kicked out because he was not a resident,” He stated “he was concerned for (Clah),” because he thought of her as a “sister,” court records state.

Pete left Clah’s room and returned to his room, 115, only to find Clah “had crawled through his window in distress,” but he said he told her “she needed to go back upstairs,” according to the statement of probable cause.

Upshaw then, came to Pete’s room and Pete “was scared,” because Upsahw was “bigger than him,” so he reportedly told police “he pulled out his knife and accidentally cut him.” Then, he stated that “he put the blade to Romeo’s (Upshaw) neck,” according to the statement of probable cause

Police cleared Room 115, handcuffing Pete and three other people, who were in the room. Police searched Pete and reportedly found two knives in his pocket. “One of the knives was a kitchen-style knife with a chrome-type blade and red handle,” according to the statement of probable cause.

Pete was arrested and booked into the San Juan County Detention Center on a third- degree felony charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

The first response to Nizhoni Sunrise Suites was 12:51 a.m. Jan. 30 in reference to a domestic dispute in connection with a drunken party that led to a Durango woman being choked in the third-floor hallway, according to police records.

The dorm houses 138 students, who had to undergo criminal background checks when they “apply to live in on-campus student housing,” according to Rhonda Schaefer, senior director of marketing and public relations at the college.

In the Jan. 30 case, Javin Roberts, 19, was arrested on a charge of third-degree aggravated battery that included strangulation.

The charge was in connection to Roberts becoming angry with his girlfriend Kara Banketeway, a Fort Lewis College student, visiting the dorm.

She reportedly told police that she was in Roberts’ room with several other people who were “consuming alcohol,” when Roberts “became upset and began to argue with her (Banketewa) and claimed she was flirting with his friends,” so Banketewa left the room and went into the hallway, according to the statement of probable cause.

Roberts reportedly followed her into the hallway chased her and “then tackled her and tossed her onto the hallway floor,” the report states. He then, allegedly “wrapped both his hands around her neck and began to squeeze,” continuing to apply pressure for about 30 seconds.

Another resident of the dorm reported the incident to the resident assistant, who called authorities.

Resident assistants “live in housing and are on call from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., weekdays and 24 hours on weekends and holidays,” Schaefer said, adding the college has 24-hour security and there are security cameras in the residence hall.

Schaefer also said the college cannot comment on students’ status at the school or dorms, because of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.