Category: Crime and safety

A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday after displaying a gun at someone while driving in the UW Arboretum, according to UW-Madison Police.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department hosted almost 40 different K-9 teams from across the Midwest for an ATF odor recognition training and certification session at the Kohl Center.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police arrested a Madison man Monday for robbery and resisting arrest after he allegedly stole cash from a Memorial Union employee.

Officers and detectives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department arrested Delmont L. Moore Monday afternoon after security cameras helped identify him as the individual who took cash from a Memorial Union employee.

A UW-Madison Memorial Union employee was shaken early Sunday morning when a man grabbed cash out of her hands and ran, but the man was arrested Monday afternoon, thanks to security cameras.

Two people were arrested early Sunday morning after one of the two allegedly stabbed a man in the stomach at The Hub, an upscale apartment building near the UW-Madison campus.

A man who was charged in February for a random attack on a woman as she walked alone on Langdon Street pleaded guilty Monday to three felonies.

The man charged in the attack of a UW-Madison student in February of 2019 plead guilty to two counts of first degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of substantial battery – all as a repeater – Monday after in court.

Jerome Winslow, 22, was arrested Feb. 6 after an extensive search by police of downtown surveillance cameras.

The man, Mark Slattery Lindblom, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to “knowingly” entering and staying in a restricted area on Mar-a-Lago on November 23, 2018, the day after Thanksgiving, according to court filings.

UWPD will patrol the area to maintain safety and security for staff and attendees, according to a press release.

The Madison Police Department responded to several incidents downtown this weekend, from a weapons violation to a sexual assault.

Madison police are investigating a situation that happened early Sunday morning near UW-Madison’s campus.

Of the three dozen departments that responded to NBC15 Investigates, University of Wisconsin Police Department Chief Kristen Roman was the only one who said she has seen a bit of an increase in the number of applicants the last three to five years. Roman credits, in part, their creative and sometimes comical recruitment techniques noting a recruitment video that involved a number of staff from her department.

Rice asked for a sentence of three years in prison and eight years of extended supervision. He argued in the sentencing memorandum that Campbell was plotting a bomb attack on the UW-Madison campus, and drew comparisons between Campbell and infamous domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski.

A man who was convicted of stockpiling dangerous chemicals and building explosives inside his westside Madison apartment was sentenced to two years in prison Monday.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the March 24 baseball-bat beating death of his mother inside their Campton Hills home, which his defense attorney said was a “horrible accident.”

Authorities say Dorton was fired from her job at Delta Delta Delta sorority in early 2016 for violating terms of her contract. The complaint says student leaders at the house later came to suspect she had been making unauthorized purchases on a sorority credit card.

The former house director for a sorority near the UW-Madison campus was charged this week with embezzling more than $225,000 from the sorority over a period of more than six years.

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, NOW organizers discuss the importance of protesting rape culture on campus.

Mariono L. Weaver, 48, currently an inmate at New Lisbon Correctional Institution, was tied by DNA evidence to reported sexual assaults in Madison, the town of Madison, Fitchburg and on the UW-Madison campus, according to the search warrant, which was filed by the state Department of Justice.

A UW-Madison spokesperson said that they treated it like all graffiti, by promptly removing it and reaching out to those it targets.

An annual tradition since 1969, Mifflin Street Block Party will be celebrating it’s 50th year on Saturday, and police are preparing for anything.

A UW-Madison student brought attention via Twitter to a second sticker from the white nationalist group Hundred-Handers, garnering a response from students and faculty Tuesday.

In 2017, within the span of a week, Chung attempted to abduct a woman from the UW-Madison campus, sexually assaulted an unconscious UW-Madison student and attacked another woman while trying to rob her.

A Monona man who tried to abduct a woman from the UW-Madison campus in 2017, and in the same week sexually assaulted an unconscious woman and attacked and tried to rob another woman on a Downtown street, was sentenced Wednesday to 22½ years in prison.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department hosted its annual awards ceremony Wednesday to present awards to a number of department personnel and community members. At the event, four award recipients got quite the surprise.

This time, a burglar came in through a sliding glass door early Saturday morning and took two laptop computers and other items from an apartment on Saint James Court, Madison police said.

A sticker labeled with white-nationalist messaging created by extremist group Hundred-Handers was found on campus today. The sticker read “Make America White Again,” and included the group’s Twitter handle, official website and email address, listed from a secure email service.

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.