Category: Crime and safety

The suspects entered the house, located on North Orchard Street, through an unlocked door while residents were at home, the victims told police.

A former UW-Madison student accused of sex assaults and stalking campus women has asked two judges to throw out his journals as evidence, and move his upcoming trials out of Dane County.

The man accused of hitting and killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in April pleaded guilty Thursday.

When a Madison Police Department detective opened a drawer in the apartment of former UW-Madison student Alec Cook — who faces 21 counts, including second-degree sexual assault, felony stalking and strangulation in cases involving nearly a dozen women — he found a Ziploc bag with a leather journal inside.

Before a courtroom packed with his friends and family members, a man who struck and killed a UW-Madison student from China pleaded no contest Thursday to homicide by intoxicated driving and two other felonies.

University of Wisconsin Police Department officials fielded questions from a small group of UW-Madison community members Monday in Union South — and communication was the main talking point.

The forum was open to anyone in the campus community and was planned before the Campus Climate survey results were revealed.

After a drive-by shooting in front of bars on University Avenue near the UW-Madison campus in 2012, some feared gangs were beginning to invade an area dominated by college students.

As sexual assault and harassment in the workplace gained national attention, UW-Madison is working to update its prevention and reporting of sexual harassment on campus.

A strip of bars near the UW-Madison campus has become a center for “criminal gang” activity, according to some city officials. And local law enforcement is having trouble keeping up.

Surveillance cameras in the area captured the University of Wisconsin-Madison freshmen as they hauled the heavy tree several blocks to their fraternity house.

In her latest “Chief’s Corner” blog post, Roman called the survey results “disheartening” but reaffirmed UWPD’s commitment to serving students from all backgrounds.

By the UW-Madison Police Department’s definition, WiscAlerts — UW-Madison’s emergency notification system — aim to warn people of potentially dangerous situations promptly so the community can take action to stay safe without creating unnecessary panic.

Throughout UW-Madison’s efforts to combat sexual assault on campus by implementing a variety of new programs, one program has remained the same.

The Madison Police Department is one of the most gender-diverse in the country, according to a new survey done by Politico.

An after-hours van service might soon be an option for UW-Madison students who study at the library late at night to get home safely.

A UW-Police spokesperson says there will be no crime referral in connection with someone’s false report of a gunman in a campus building earlier this month.

The defense in the case of the former UW student accused of sexually assaulting multiple students asked for evidence — including a black leather notebook with a list of women’s names — to be thrown out and for a change of venue Monday, according to court documents.

If determined competent, Siedl could still face charges.

A sexual assault reportedly occurred in a southeast residence hall this past Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Crime Alert.

A small chemical spill at UW Hospital Tuesday night brought out the hazardous incident team of the Madison Fire Department, with nobody injured in the spill.

A report on the death of windsurfer Yu Chen is now in the hands of Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne. Chen was killed in Lake Mendota May 31 after a collision with a University of Wisconsin-Madison Lifesaving Station rescue boat.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials sent out a crime warning after a shocking attempted abduction of a female student on campus early Oct. 2 and followed it up with a web chat with parents, campus police said.

A 30-year-old man who was arrested earlier this month for attempting to abduct UW-Madison women on or near campus in two separate incidents was charged Monday in the cases.

A Monona man who is on probation for a federal child pornography conviction was charged Monday with attempted kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges after a woman told police earlier this month that he struck her with a hatchet, bound her with duct tape and tried to throw her into the trunk of a car.

Students, faculty return to Bascom, Agricultural Hall after lead paint contamination.

Madison police used pepper spray this weekend to break up a fight before arresting three men outside a popular strip of downtown bars this weekend.

Madison police needed to use pepper spray on the crowd to break up the large disturbance that started around 1:20 a.m. in the 600 block of the main thoroughfare through the UW-Madison campus, which has about a half-dozen bars very popular among students.

Walking companion service sees calls nearly triple

The number of UW-Madison community members requesting to be walked home at night has dramatically increased following multiple assaults and robberies on campus since the beginning of October.

Each survivor of sexual assault is different, and each has felt the impact of their assault in different ways.

The Madison Police Department said a man armed with a handgun entered the sub shop at 1401 University Ave. shortly before 8 p.m.

A man who was arrested by UW-Madison police on Tuesday for a reported assault and attempted abduction was identified in federal court documents Wednesday as Monona man who is serving five years of federal probation for possessing child pornography.

Speakers were protesting Senate Bill 169, which allows individuals to carry weapons in public places with no permit.

Following four gun-related incidents throughout Madison in the last week, a campus protest of concealed carry on Tuesday and a mass shooting in Las Vegas Oct. 1, legislators and student leaders gathered at the Capitol to voice opposition to a proposed permitless carry bill.

A bigoted message was painted on a fire circle honoring Native American tribes outside UW-Madison’s Dejope Residence Hall, a university official said.

A person of interest was arrested Tuesday in relation to an assault and attempted abduction on the UW-Madison campus last week.

Early Monday morning the sacred fire circle at Dejope Residence Hall was desecrated with red paint.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students plan to rally Wednesday against Senate Bill 169. The bill would eliminate a required conceal-carry permit in Wisconsin. It would also allow concealed firearms on properties they were previously banned from, unless otherwise noted.