Category: Crime and safety

The UW-Madison Police Department is investigating after posters were placed around campus with racial messages.

Officers found property damage in the area, according to Madison police Sgt. Stuart Moeser.

A report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison claims that 26.1% of its female students have been sexually assaulted, paralleling findings from an earlier survey study in 2015. Missing from some of the university’s summaries and from some of the news coverage is a key piece of information found in the detailed report: Only 20% of those surveyed responded.

UWPD announced a partnership with Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd., a leading concealed weapons detection solutions company, to test a technology called HEXWAVE. HEXWAVE is a scanner that uses 3D radar imaging and artificial intelligence to detect and identify weapons.

UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman issued an apology on Monday for a tweet that sparked a negative response Saturday.

“(Cars) just barrel on, they don’t stop,” University of Wisconsin-Madison student Samuel Julson said. “It’s crazy.”

911 calls routed to Dane County.

DeSpain said both students are from China and were told by the caller to wire money to China to avoid going to jail or face heavy fines. DeSpain said it appeared to be a sort of passport fraud.

Report also found an increase in liquor law violations, a decrease in drug violations.

The victim and her friends got separated when her friends went to a bar, after which the victim accepted an offer from some suspects to give her a ride to that bar at 11:19 p.m., according to the Madison Police Department.

The off-campus alert was sent at 6:27 a.m. and reported that the burglary happened on the 200 block of Langdon Street.

Shan K. Daley, age 19, of Madison was arrested early Friday morning on three counts of burglary and four counts of attempted burglary on the 100 block of Mills Street.

The 28-year-old woman sought refuge by running up to a UW-Madison police car that was operating in the area, and Madison police officers soon arrived to take the suspect into custody, and talk with the woman who reported the attack, Madison police public information officer Joel DeSpain reported.

According to the Madison Police Department, a UW-Madison student woke up around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday and found a burglar inside her apartment on the 400 block of West Johnson Street.

According to a post from the UW-Madison Police Twitter page, the kitten was stuck in a fountain outside the UW-Madison College of Engineering building.

UWPD said 19 citations were for underage alcohol consumption, while three people received citations for possession of false identification.

Under the leadership of Chief Kristen Roman, UWPD has created a first-of-its-kind Diversity and Inclusion officer to head up recruitment for the Department.

While UW doesn’t have plans to remove them, efficiency of devices has been questioned.

A 28-year-old woman is behind bars after police said she is responsible for nine vehicle break-ins at the parking ramp and lot near UW Hospital.

Over the course of the investigation, and with the help of some local businesses with security cameras, UW Police Department officers and detectives were able to identify a primary suspect – Brittany L. Townsend, 28, of Madison.

According to police, since late July, at least eight vehicles in the hospital parking ramp and a nearby parking lot were broken into. The windows and windshields of some vehicles were broken, in addition to valuables stolen.

Sophomore Cameron Jacobson said her friend, who is also a student, woke up around 4 a.m. Sunday morning to a man standing over her. She said the man was holding a flashlight over her friend’s face, trying to pull her pants down.

During the investigation, UWPD identified one of the suspects as Travon M. Pearson, 20, of Madison. On Thursday, Pearson was taken into custody on the 500 block of East Washington Avenue.

Campus police detectives and officers said they identified one of the suspects as Travon M. Pearson, 20, of Madison. Officials said they found Pearson on the 500 block of East Washington Avenue and took him into custody.

Officials said there were no signs of a fire when they arrived.

She believes many pieces of evidence added up to form the jury’s not guilty conclusion, but surveillance video of the night shown by the defense stands out as the most persuasive.

The letter addressed racial asymmetry on the UW-Madison campus, a previous racially-charged incident and critiques of race-related disciplinary actions.

UW-Madison officials dispute that characterization of how Title IX investigations are run, saying in a statement to News 3 Now that “if a complainant provides any information during the hearing, they are subject to cross-examination.” They also note that in 2017, “11 complaints of sexual assault against students were investigated and the university found students responsible in 4.”

Some of Madison’s most prominent Black leaders urged University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank to readmit Quintez Cephus to the university after the former football player was acquitted of sexual assault charges.

“This rush to expel people to provide a safe space for accusers is inevitably tipped in favor of the accuser, and therefore severely tramples the rights and futures of many young men,” Van Wagner said.

“The university needs to think about how the nation-wide public and how people of color will view this institution,” Meyer told reporters Monday.

According to his attorney, Kathleen Stillman and Stephen Meyer, it’s time for the university to follow the jury’s lead, and overturn their expulsion, given the former Badger’s acquittal.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison won’t readmit former Badgers football player Quintez Cephus, his attorney told News 3 Now Monday, but the university responded calling the attorney’s comments “false,” saying a decision hasn’t been made.

In a tweet Monday afternoon, UW-Madison said the information was “not accurate” and that the university plans to make a statement.

Meyer incorrectly claimed earlier Monday that UW officials have already made up their mind and will deny Cephus. In the press conference, he pleaded to UW to let Cephus back in.

According to A4 / WDIV, a wrong-way driver who caused a crash that killed herself and the wife and daughter of UW basketball coach Howard Moore near Ann Arbor was drunk, police said, citing a toxicology report.

A UW official told News 3 Now that a student who has been expelled may petition the chancellor for readmission. The chancellor would then evaluate the petition based on all applicable laws and policies.