Category: Crime and safety

One of the Bucky on Parade statues placed around Madison this week was found in the water at James Madison Park Thursday morning, officials said.

A year after a University of Wisconsin-Madison lake safety boat hit and killed a Hoofers Sailing Club instructor on Lake Mendota, changes are coming to the campus’s lake rescue program.

The UW Lake Safety program, first put on the water in 1909, is now a part of the UW-Madison Police Department, and has been renamed UWPD Lake Rescue and Safety.

Two men were arrested and another cited Tuesday after a fight outside Sellery Hall early Friday morning left a UW-Madison student with a broken wrist and a concussion, the UW-Madison Police Department said.

UW-Madison Police Department arrested three suspects Tuesday in connection to the battery incident that occurred outside a UW-Madison residence hall last week.

A trial opened Tuesday for a homeless man accused of manslaughter in the 2016 drowning of a 19-year-old UW-Madison student whose body was found in the Tiber River soon after he arrived in Rome for a summer study program.

UW-Madison’s housing division has made several changes to its financial practices after an external review prompted by an alleged theft by a former employee flagged more than a dozen issues needing attention.

The fraternity was originally suspended until October 21. After the appeal, the suspension will now end October 1.

Police believe incident was not “random,” unable to divulge further information.

A battery reportedly involving a UW-Madison student occurred outside a residence hall early Friday morning, according to a UW-Madison Crime Warning issued Saturday afternoon.

A former UW-Madison employee stole more than $100,000 from the university by funneling cash through fake companies, cashing fraudulent checks and making personal purchases over a 2½-year period, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

Dorian Wade, 28, is charged with second-degree sexual assault in relation to an incident that happened in April.

Madison Police Department eventually closed down the street and let attendees ’take over’ as a safety precaution.

UW hopes to increase sexual assault, harassment training on campus.

Over 300 sexual assaults were reported to UW-Madison in 2017, according to data released Wednesday, and while the number was on par with last year, reports increased by just over 100 cases since 2015.

A Facebook post allegedly showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity throwing objects into Lake Mendota sparked backlash Sunday night.

A translation of the writing revealed the writing says, “Long live our Lord, our Master, and our Lord, King Messiah, forever and ever.”

A number of physical altercations occurred near campus over the weekend, including a fight at Bassett Street Brunch Club and a substantial battery on N. Lake Street.

MADISON, Wis. – Surveillance cameras and DNA evidence were instrumental in leading to the arrest of a suspect in what police are calling an “unsettling” stranger sexual assault case, according to officials with the Madison Police Department

Ignacio Rivera leads program aimed at combating sexual assault in children

A man found sleeping in the UW-Madison Memorial Library early Tuesday morning was arrested after allegedly fighting with police trying to place him under arrest for an outstanding warrant.

Police used pepper spray to arrest a man with a warrant found sleeping in a library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Incidents occurred in unlocked classrooms, Capital Cafe.

Conducted by the University of Kentucky — the creators of the Green Dot bystander intervention program used by UW-Madison — the survey will help universities better understand which programs are most successful.

This week, we’ve already heard about the scam in our area from callers claiming to be from Apple. On Tuesday, UW-Madison Police Department got a different scam call, too, and shared the call as a humorous way to warn others.

The state has paid nearly $600,000 over the last decade to settle allegations of sexual misconduct by University of Wisconsin-Madison employees.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was burned when her clothing caught fire while she was cooking in a dormitory kitchen.

Chancellor Blank says complaints and investigations will probably increase as university cracks down.

A UW-Madison student suffered burns Sunday afternoon when her shirt caught fire while she was boiling water in a dormitory kitchen.

Students looking to report sexual assault to the university may soon have another option: an online software advocates says will serve as an accessible, inclusive way of connecting survivors with the resources on campus.

If you’ve logged on to Twitter lately, you may have noticed that the University of Wisconsin Police Department’s logo is now teal. This is just a small step in UW-Madison’s effort to increase dialogue about sexual violence on campus during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

In an effort to increase transparency regarding the prevention of sexual assault and the steps taken by UW-Madison after a case is reported, Associated Students of Madison hosted a panel of staff members involved in the processes Wednesday night.

“Every single Badger has a role” in the prevention and understanding of sexual assault, Samantha Johnson of UHS said.

A 22-year-old UW-Madison student was struck by a car early Sunday morning, with the driver telling police he didn’t see the man in the street.

A UW-Madison student was hit by a car while crossing Langdon Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 25th.

Campbell, 30, was placed in the Deferred Prosecution Program by the Dane County District Attorney’s Office in February 2017 after pleading guilty to battery for choking a fellow UW Hoofers sailor in September 2016. In an essay he wrote for the program, he bemoaned the publicity his arrest had garnered, the “depressing” time he spent in the Dane County Jail, the loss of a job he loved and the money he would have received from it, and the fact that he was now banned from UW-Madison property, according to a search warrant filed Wednesday in Dane County Circuit Court.

Coleman Chung, accused of attacking two women last fall in separate UW campus-area incidents, including one in which a woman was struck with an ax and ordered into the trunk of a car, was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a third woman after she passed out at a campus dining hall, and recording the assault on video.

UW Hospital confirms the person at the center of an abuse investigation at Meriter Hospital previously worked at UW Hospital.

Coleman Chung has been in custody since attacking two other women on campus earlier this year.

Coleman Chung was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a woman who passed out at a UW-Madison dining hall on Sept. 29 and recording the incident on video.

Police officers arrested a UW-Madison student Friday on State Street for creating disturbances, as he experienced what appeared to be a mental health or substance abuse crisis.

UW Police secured the scene and the Fire Department assigned a Safety Officer to observe all of the operations and make sure that no people were injured during the rescue.

A UW-Madison student who was possibly suffering from a mental health or substance abuse crisis was restrained and arrested on tentative charges of trespassing and resisting or obstructing an officer Friday morning on State Street near the university’s campus, police said.

UW-Madison officials said they are confident in the security measures put in place in dorms, after a shooting on Central Michigan University’s campus that killed two people Friday.

Under the president’s plan, teachers would get paid more to go through the training necessary to carry a gun in school.

Galioto allegedly pushed the UW Madison student into Rome’s Tiber River, where he drowned. Solomon was in Rome for a five-week course at John Cabot University and disappeared at around 01:00 on July 1, 2016.

On Wednesday, the day before he turned 22, former University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook went before a judge in Dane County criminal court and put an end to a major case of campus serial rape, pleading guilty to sexually assaulting three female classmates, and suffocating or stalking two others.