A 21-year-old woman lost her purse in a mugging downtown as she was walking home early Tuesday morning, Madison police reported. The mugging happened at about 3 a.m., but police said they didnâ??t learn of it until shortly before 5 a.m. when the victim was found kicking at a security door at her apartment building because she couldnâ??t get in.
The mugging happened in the 500 block of West Johnson Street. The woman lives in the 100 block of West Gorham Street.