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UW student reports being mugged on Regent Street

A 19-year-old female UW-Madison student was mugged early Saturday morning near a busy off-campus intersection. The mugging was reported Saturday afternoon, but the student said it happened at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Regent Street near Park Street, the Madison Police Department stated in a news release. “The student was walking alone when a man punched her in the face and demanded her handbag,” said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.