Category: Crime and safety

A jury Tuesday found a UW-Madison student not guilty of causing criminal property damage during the mayhem of vandalism at the annual Mifflin Street Block Party in April.

Liberty Defense partners with UWPD to offer cutting edge security technology on campus.

On early Sunday morning, UWPD officers responded to a report of a sexual assault and identified the suspect as Maxwell D. Sanders, 19, of Omaha, Neb. He is not affiliated with the university.

According to UWPD’s crime warning, the burglaries took place between Jan. 18 and Jan. 27 at 30 N. Mills St. — the Physical Plant building — and 21 N. Park St. — the UW Administration building.

Police said the suspect, a 19-year-old male from Omaha, Nebraska had been invited to the residence hall by a friend. While there, the suspect allegedly “inappropriately touched” another resident before trying to enter another residence hall room.

The trial for a former Badgers football player who’s charged with killing two women in early 2020 has been delayed until late summer. Marcus Randle-El is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and two weapons-related charges, according to online court records.

Apple AirTags are a convenient way to keep track of personal property, but UW Police say they can also be a safety risk. According to police, the tags can be used for stalking.

According to police officers on scene, Chamberlin Hall, Sewell Social Sciences, Van Vleck, Ingraham Hall and Bascom Hall were all evacuated but are now cleared and reopened.

A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of third-degree sexual assault on campus last week has a harassment history dating back not just the last few months in Wisconsin, but also stretching into last year in Rhode Island.

Court records show a person with the same name, age and address as Perkins has previously been charged in two other sexual incidents in Dane County in the last four months.

The suspect, Robin Perkins, has since been released from jail and the UW Police Department indicated he likely returned to the Eagle Heights community.

UWPD Chief Kristen Roman said the unique tool is the result of collaboration between the community and stakeholders.

UWPD Communications Director Marc Lovicott said the department received a phone call from a victim early Tuesday morning informing them that an assault had occurred.

The most well-known Camp Randall tradition isn’t singing “Build Me Up Buttercup”, or jumping around — it’s Bucky Jail, the colloquial name for Camp Randall’s Police Center.

Twelve people were arrested at Wisconsin’s Senior Day game Saturday against Nebraska.

Of the 45 ejected, 28 were UW students, and of the 12 arrested, eight were UW students, police said in a statement.

Alex Lehmkuhl says the incident happened just after 2 a.m. Nov. 1 in downtown Madison near the corner of Main and Bedford Streets.

UW Police are searching for a man they say stole a wallet from a golf bag at University Ridge Golf Course.

A PhD student, who asked to remain anonymous, told Madison365 in an interview Wednesday that he was walking near the Nicholas Recreation Center on October 16 when a man swatted his phone out of his hand from behind, shattering the phone screen on the ground. At first, he assumed it was accidental, but said when he turned, a man called him an ethnic slur and seemed ready to fight. He was able to pick up his phone and leave the scene, and called police from his apartment.

A Madison man now faces multiple charges, including disorderly conduct, following what UW-Madison Police called a hate crime incident on campus last month.

A Madison man faces hate crime allegations following a mid-October confrontation near the Nicholas Recreation Center, on the UW-Madison campus.

This hate crime, one of several racially-charged incidents against Asian campus community members within the last year, reflects a surge of on-campus incidents since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At about 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 16, a UW student of Asian descent was walking home from the Nicholas Recreation Center when a man approached him. A UWPD report said that 34-year-old Gary Stephens of Madison slapped the victim’s phone from his hand without being provoked, smashing it on the ground. Stephens uttered a racial slur to the student, according to the report.

It was an eventful Homecoming on UW Madison’s campus for both students and campus police.According to the UW-Madison Police Department, officers issued a total of 11 citations. Nine of them were for underage alcohol use.

0 people were arrested, including eight UW students during the Badgers’ win over Iowa. UW-Madison Police said 11 citations were issued, including nine for underage alcohol use.

At roughly five minutes to one, a white sedan with a broken right headlight sped through the intersection of East Campus Mall and University Ave., pursued by a police vehicle. The driver was continually honking as he drove through the intersection in the bus lane. The car then turned onto Lake St., only to come back down University driving against traffic minutes later.

Police found $13,000 in fake cash during his arrest.

A 26-year-old Madison man reportedly had thousands of dollars in counterfeit cash on him Tuesday when he was arrested for allegedly spending it on the University of Wisconsin campus. According to the UW Police Dept., Ishmael Riley spent the funny money at least three times on the campus. Police did not indicate if they have found evidence of him trying to pass it off-campus.

A Madison resident was arrested Tuesday after committing three counts of fraud, using counterfeit money during each incident. Over $13,000 in counterfeit money was later located in the suspect’s possession, said University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department Director of Communications Marc Lovicott.

The UW-Madison Police Department is actively investigating these incidents.

Suspect is in custody, there is no continued threat to community, Mayor Rhodes-Conway says.

A Madison police officer was injured by gunshots during an attempted arrest early Sunday morning, according to the City of Madison Police Department. It is the first incident in over 20 years that a MPD officer has been shot in the line of duty.

Wisconsin’s home football game against Michigan Saturday saw an increase in game ejections, ambulance calls and arrests across the season. A high of 50 people were ejected from the game, but only 33 were University of Wisconsin-Madison students.

“Only a fairly small number of students who experience an assault request a formal investigation,” said UW’s Title IX Coordinator Laurn Hasselbacher, JD. “In the vast majority of cases, the Title IX office does not press for students to file formal complaints in order to respect personal choice and autonomy.”

The officers are stationed between Charter and Mills streets.

UWPD began a weeklong enforcement campaign Tuesday along University Avenue, one of the busiest streets on campus. Community officer Jake Lepper said the problem is focused in the block between the Charter and Mills Street intersections, where there is a lot of construction.

Illegally entering the street is dangerous for both motorists and pedestrians, but some students see it as the only option due to construction on the corner of University Avenue and Charter Street that currently blocks students from using a portion of sidewalk.

“I’m extremely dismayed to see UWPD taking such an aggressive approach to a design problem,” said Tyler Katzenberger, the ASM press office director. “Their increased presence is especially harmful for Black and Indigenous students who are more likely to be stopped, fined, and possibly even assaulted.”

UWPD began a weeklong enforcement campaign Tuesday along University Avenue, one of the busiest streets on campus. Community officer Jake Lepper said the problem is focused in the block between the Charter and Mills Street intersections, where there is a lot of construction.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students caught illegally crossing the street could get warnings or fines.

A sexual assault reportedly happened Sunday in a southeast residence hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to a crime warning sent to students.

The university has not released the exact location of the sexual assault reported on campus; however, a crime warning sent to students today said it took place in a southeast residence hall.