Category: Crime and safety

UW-Madison reached out to any students living in the building, to assess their needs.

The occupant suffered minor injuries but didn’t seek emergency medical care, the fire department said.

Suspect may have entered additional rooms Friday beyond those reported, police say.

While UW-Madison administrators continue to seek ways to ensure campus is as safe as possible, a violent assault that occurred on Langdon St. last month inspired students to demand new and improved safety measures on campus.

UW says software does not fit need of university, cites concerns over implementing third-party software.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Dean of Students denied students’ request to implement a sexual assault reporting app on campus.

Michael Thom was charged Thursday in Madison with second-degree sexual assault by a health care employee and fourth-degree sexual assault, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.

A mix of surveillance video from Witte Hall and body camera footage from UW-Madison Police show the tense moments between officers and a student who they say was drunk.

A UW spokesperson says Mitchell’s criminal charges have no impact on his standing at the school.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been arrested for striking a UW-Madison police officer in the face.

A UW-Madison student who reportedly was urinating in the hallway of a dorm building early Sunday morning was arrested by campus police but not before he allegedly fought with officers.

UW-Madison student Logan Mitchell was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Sunday after UW-Madison Police Department officers forcibly removed him from Witte Residence Hall.

Burke parted with a message to the university: “Don’t invite me to your school and think you’re checking a box. Y’all haven’t done anything yet.”

The plaintiff in the case, identified as Jane Doe because she is under 18 years old, accused another student in the PEOPLE program of directing inappropriate sexual behavior at her and other female students. The student accused, who is also under 18 years old, is identified as “M” in the lawsuit.

Former participant says male student made advances upon female students which staff knew about.

According to online court records, the trial for 20-year-old Quintez Cephus will begin on July 29.

Burke challenged UW administration to find better solutions to campus sexual violence.

Founder of the Me Too Movement Tarana Burke spoke to hundreds of UW-Madison students, faculty and community members Monday, urging them to push the boundaries constructed by the university and create a community based on safety and protection.

Parents settle lawsuit with John Cabot University.

According to UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone, UW changed its Rome study abroad program in 2018. Instead of working with JCU, they now use the Council on International Educational Exchange Open Campus Center, which also allows students to travel to places like Paris or Berlin.

In the memorandum, Rice states Campbell accessed the tunnels as a student and recorded a video.

Lawyers for a man convicted of mixing dangerous chemicals in his Far West Side apartment last year want a Dane County judge to seal and disregard a prosecution sentencing memorandum that claims the man was plotting a domestic terror attack on the UW-Madison campus, telling a judge Thursday that prosecutors crossed a line when they compared the man to infamous domestic terrorists.

A man who pleaded no contest to possessing homemade explosives in his Madison apartment appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a prosecutor said.

A man who pleaded no contest to possessing homemade explosives in his Madison apartment appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a prosecutor alleged.

A prosecutor alleges that a man whose Madison apartment was found to contain homemade explosives appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Police believe Jerome Winslow, 22, of Madison, attacked a girl walking home on Langdon Street on Feb. 3 and dragged her through the street.

The complaint charged Jerome R. Winslow, 22, of Madison, with two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, substantial battery, false imprisonment and attempted second-degree sexual assault for an attack that happened early Feb. 3 near the UW-Madison campus Downtown.

Brian Campbell, whose Far West Side apartment was found a year ago to contain a vast array of chemicals and materials used for making pipe bombs, appeared to be contemplating an attack on the UW-Madison campus, a prosecutor alleged in a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday.

Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan, who was to preside over the trial, chose to allow Cephus to remain out on bail while the trial dates are reset.

The trial for a former Badgers wide receiver will not be happening at this time according to online court records Monday morning.

The trial of Quintez Cephus — the former Badgers wide receiver suspended from the team after being charged with sexual assault — is scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection and opening statements.

Madison police have arrested a 22-year-old man that they say is responsible for an apparently random and unprovoked attack that severely injured a UW-Madison student near campus early Sunday.

When Inside Edition visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently, Chief Investigative Correspondent Lisa Guerrero found a plethora of students dressed for a night on the town, but often the students left their coats behind despite the subzero weather.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval usually supports restorative justice and giving criminals with underlying issues a chance at a better life and a second chance. But the attack on Langdon Street was not a time for that.

The Madison Police Department announced Thursday it had made an arrest in last Sunday’s early morning Langdon Street attack.

MPD made one arrest while another suspect for a separate crime is still at large, prompting UW to encourage safety resources.

No criminal charges will be filed against an unidentified, now-former UW Health employee who took an unauthorized look at the medical records of a homicide victim last year, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office said.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students are flooding social media with concerns about the school’s public safety alert system after an attack near campus.

As Madison police continue to keep extra patrols in the Langdon Street area, some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are wondering why they weren’t notified of the substantial battery of a student right when it happened.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison plastic surgeon who was the subject of a sexual misconduct case in New York before being hired by the university has been accused in a lawsuit of sexual exploitation and medical negligence in his care of a woman who had undergone cosmetic surgery procedures by him last year.

“It appeared to be an attack by a stranger,” DeSpain said.

The victim, who had just been dropped off by the driver, let him into her apartment because he claimed he needed to use the bathroom, according to a police report.

A woman was battered early Sunday morning in Madison’s Downtown near what’s known as fraternity row for UW-Madison.

Witness reported man trying to drag victim towards Lake Mendota.

We also learned that University of Wisconsin-Madison police Chief Kristen Roman is the center of a Venn diagram merging law enforcement leaders, the rebel alliance and safe commutes:

Campus buildings will reopen at noon Thursday and instructions will resume at 1 p.m. Courses that start at or after 1 p.m. will be held.

While Blank found some changes helpful, she noted five areas that needed to be improved in order to provide equitable protective policies and procedures to students. Her concerns focused on the role of campus disciplinary proceedings, appropriate standards of proof, off-campus conduct, informal resolutions and cross-examination processes.

A man suspected of robbing a South Side restaurant at gunpoint Tuesday, then running into the UW Arboretum, was arrested after more than two hours in the bitter cold, a pursuit that involved a large police contingent searching for the man before the extreme cold could make matters worse.

The suspect has been found and is currently in custody.