Category: Crime and safety

The department stated in an alert to the campus community that the university has received multiple reports of the crime involving the same suspect, who allegedly fondled victims without consent.

All cases fourth degree sexual assault, involve same offender.

In 2013, Cromwell was detained for disorderly conduct after bursting into a University of Wisconsin-Madison board meeting to protest what he believed was cat torture at the university.

Scott C. Tolliver, 42, of Madison, is charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of felony bail jumping and two counts of disorderly conduct.

While an investigation into what caused a porch to collapse at the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday is ongoing, a housing inspection supervisor with the city suspects water damage to a structural beam played a part.

There were no new details in the incident report filed about the second-story porch collapsing that injured three people. Two were transferred to the hospital. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries. The investigation is still ongoing at this time as to what caused the porch to collapse.

Madison Police officials said an investigation into the collapse is ongoing. Officials said people had gathered at homes in the area for a block party that is not a city-sanctioned event.

“It fell really slow, but there were people’s heads bleeding afterward. It was pretty crazy,” Chojnacki said. “Someone was holding on for dear life, they held on for like five minutes but the cops told him to come down.”

For the first time in three years, the cloud of COVID-19 will not loom as heavily over University of Wisconsin students when they gather along Mifflin Street to celebrate the end of another school year – and the Madison Police Dept. is already preparing for this year’s Block Party.

UW-Madison law professor Keith Findley, who co-chaired the citizen committee that came up with recommendations for implementing a body-cam program, called the council’s decision “the right way to proceed.”

Scott C. Tolliver, 42, of Madison, has been tentatively charged with two counts of armed robbery for allegedly displaying a gun and demanding money from a McDonald’s and then a Walgreens a few hours later, Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.

The first robbery happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday at a McDonald’s restaurant on the 1100 block of Regent Street.

UWPD says 25 percent of its sworn staff are female. While it is higher than the national average of 12.5 percent, Chief Kristen Roman said that is “not a good enough number.”

The robberies, which happened last Friday evening, prompted university officials to send out an alert asking the public to avoid the area. The suspect has since been identified as a 42-year-old man.

Scott C. Tolliver was arrested on charges of armed robbery, felony bail jumping.

The suspect, Riley Jensen, is from Green Bay, Wis. Jensen was booked into Dane County Jail and is currently awaiting charges.

Jensen has no affiliated with UW, according to UWPD.

The Madison Police Department continues investigating a pair of armed robberies around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Friday night. As the police search for answers, students on campus share what the weekend was like following the two incidents.

A Middleton police officer’s training — and being in the right place at the right time — are being credited with saving the life of a UW-Madison exchange student.

Livestreaming was not allowed at the hearing and both sides requested it be prevented during the trial.

A trial is set for a 55-year-old man charged with allegedly killing a University of Wisconsin- Madison student in 2008, according to updated court records Tuesday.

Crews were sent to the George L. Mosse Humanities Building just before 5 p.m. Officials said the person had attempted to leave the elevator with a pushcart on the sixth floor, but the doors closed suddenly on the cart and descended to the second floor.

Rumors have spread across campus that these incidents are part of a sex trafficking scheme using Apple AirTags, but the campus police denies these statements.

’At this point, we have not located any AirTags on victims,’ UWPD Director of Communications says.

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.