Wisconsin taxpayers have paid at least $735,500 since 2007 to resolve at least 12 complaints of sexual harassment, newly released records show.
Category: Crime and safety
UW student struck by car; driver didn’t see him, Madison police say
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.
UW student hit by car on Langdon Street
A UW-Madison student was hit by a car while crossing Langdon Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 25th.
Search warrant: Earlier arrest of alleged bomb-maker ‘a life-altering event’
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.
Officials discuss campus carry, sexual assault, transportation at Safety Town Hall
Government officials, authority figures and community members gathered Wednesday night to explore solutions to various safety issues facing University of Wisconsin students.
Expert on pediatric child abuse testifies
JEFFERSON — An internationally known expert on pediatric child abuse testified on Wednesday — day three of a trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court — that injuries sustained by a 4-month-old Lake Mills boy appear to have been intentionally inflicted by his day care provider.
Man charged in campus attacks last year faces new sex assault charges
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.
Suspended Meriter nurse previously worked at UW Hospital
UW Hospital confirms the person at the center of an abuse investigation at Meriter Hospital previously worked at UW Hospital.
Man charged with sexually assaulting UW student outside of Gordon Commons
Coleman Chung has been in custody since attacking two other women on campus earlier this year.
Man charged in sexual assault of student near Gordon
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.
Stu Levitan: Don’t blame Vietnam war protesters for campus killings
In his column on Sunday, “Killers on campus,” Michael Arntfield tries to tie a series of unsolved murders of young women at UW-Madison to the student protests against the war in Vietnam. His thesis — that three serial killers were able to operate because “the white noise of activism and political agitation … obfuscate(d) their presence” is reprehensible and ludicrous.
UW student arrested on State Street during possible mental health crisis
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.
Worker rescued from skid loader crashed in trench
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.
Student possibly suffering mental health crisis arrested near UW-Madison campus, police say
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 officials say they are confident in dorm safety
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.
Video: UW Education majors react to possibly arming teachers
Under the president’s plan, teachers would get paid more to go through the training necessary to carry a gun in school.
Italian man to stand trial in 2016 death of UW student in Rome
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.
In an Unusual Development, a Campus Rapist Is Set to Go to Prison
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.
10 years in prison for driver who killed UW-Madison student
A driver who was drunk and on drugs when he struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Judge orders 10 years for man whose SUV jumped curb, killed UW student from China
A Madison man whose careening SUV jumped a curb and struck and killed a UW-Madison student from China, only minutes after she last communicated by social media with her mother in Beijing, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
10 years in prison for driver who killed UW-Madison student
A driver who was drunk and on drugs when he struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Drunken driver who struck, killed 24-year-old pedestrian sentenced to 10 years in prison
A 33-year-old man was sentenced in Dane County court Thursday in connection with a drunken-driving-related death of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student last year.
Former UW Student Pleads Guilty To Sexual Assault Charges
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of a series of sexual assaults pleaded guilty to five felony charges Wednesday in Dane County Court. Under the plea agreement, 21-year-old Alec Cook will also have to register as a sex offender.
Former UW-Madison student with ‘stalking’ list pleads guilty to 5 felonies, including string of sexual assaults
A former student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has pleaded guilty to five felonies stemming from a string of alleged assaults around campus.
Ex-UW-Madison student pleads guilty to five charges related to multiple sexual assaults
An expelled University of Wisconsin-Madison business student accused of sexually preying on 11 women pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges involving five of them, closing the book on a high-profile case that shook the state’s flagship campus and drew national attention in fall 2016.
Culture of hyper-sexualization leads to high rates of sexual assault for Native women
Nearly half of all undergraduate Native American women on the UW-Madison campus have experienced sexual assault, according to a 2015 campus survey on the issue.
Former UW-Madison student pleads guilty to five felonies, including three sexual assaults
Former UW-Madison student Alec Cook pleaded guilty Wednesday to five felonies, including three counts of third-degree sexual assault, nearly bringing to a close a sprawling case that had been set for seven trials involving 11 alleged victims that were to have happened over the next several months.
Former University Of Wisconsin-Madison Student Will Reportedly Plead Guilty To Sexually Assaulting Women
Alec Cook, the former University of Wisconsin-Madison student facing charges including, among others, sexual assault, harassment, and stalking at least 10 women, will plead guilty and avoid trial that was scheduled to start early next week.
University staff, students reflect on active shooter preparedness following Florida shooting
In the wake of the school shooting that killed 17 high school students in Parkland, FL, safety is one again a main concern at schools across the country.
Edina Man To Plead Guilty In Sex Assaults Of Wisconsin Students
A former student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is accused of sexually assaulting and stalking female students is expected to plead guilty Wednesday.
Cook pleads guilty to five of 21 outstanding charges, now awaits sentencing hearing
Remaining charges can still be taken into account in sentencing.
Plea deal reached in sex assault cases of ex-UW student
Former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, accused of sexual assault, stalking and other offenses mostly involving female UW students, will plead guilty on Wednesday to five criminal charges, one of his lawyers said Monday, days ahead of the first of seven anticipated trials against Cook that was to begin next week.
Expelled UW-Madison student to take plea deal ahead of jury trial
MADISON, Wis. – A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student facing sexual assault, stalking and strangulation charges will plead guilty to five counts ahead of a jury trial scheduled for next week, according to one of his attorneys.
Judge denies request to extend probation for Montee Ball
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections’ supervision of Montee Ball following his conviction for domestic violence was called an abject failure by a Dane County judge who denied its request for a hearing to extend the probation of the former University of Wisconsin and NFL running back.
Five themes to watch heading into Alec Cook’s first trial
Former UW-Madison student Alec Cook is set to begin his first of seven trials on Feb. 26 in Jefferson County. Cook faces a total of 21 charges, six of which will be covered in the first trial.
Swastika, slur found drawn in snow near Botany Garden
A swastika and the homosexual slur “FAG” were discovered written in the snow between Botany Gardens and Chamberlin Hall early Tuesday morning.
New website aims to reduce workplace bullying on UW campus
In an effort to help staff and faculty deal with intimidating behavior on campus, University of Wisconsin announced the creation of a “Hostile and Intimidating Behavior” website to address workplace bullying.
In response to faculty sexual misconduct allegations, UW recognizes need for improvement
Nearly 100 formal complaints of sexual misconduct have been made against University of Wisconsin System faculty since 2014, a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed.
Alec Cook trial set to open in Jefferson County
The first trial for a former UW-Madison student accused of multiple sexual assaults starts later this month in Jefferson County.
First sexual assault trial of expelled UW student Alec Cook will be in Jefferson County
Alec Cook will be tried in Jefferson County, court officials said Monday. Cook is the expelled University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose alleged serial sexual assaults attracted such intense publicity that a pair of Dane County Circuit judges ruled he might not get a fair trial in Madison.
UW burglary suspects got into dorms by ‘piggybacking’ on students, police say
Burglaries at two residence halls on the UW-Madison campus on Sunday were committed by non-students who came into the halls by following student residents, police say.
Betsy DeVos’ New Campus Rape Rules Are Being Ignored By Some Schools, But Don’t Cheer Yet
Those universities that publicly proclaimed they would maintain the previous sexual assault guidelines include schools that have dealt with high-profile cases in recent years, including Stanford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Colleges are just ignoring Betsy DeVos’ rollback of campus rape protections
On a fall night in 2016, a young woman left the library at University of Wisconsin-Madison and walked home, joined by a fellow student she’d recently met.
UW-Madison alleges former employee stole more than $100,000 from University Housing
A former UW-Madison employee stole more than $100,000 from the Division of University Housing, UW officials said Thursday.
Regents chide UW-Madison for $115,000 in fraud by former housing division employee
The UW System Regents took UW-Madison administrators to task Thursday for a lack of controls that allowed a former Division of University Housing employee to allegedly defraud the university of an estimated $115,000 in property and cash.
ASM hosts UW police chief to discuss recent sexual assault alerts
Representative for Sen. Tammy Baldwin also attended Tuesday meeting.
MPD officers prevent potential suicide at University Avenue apartment building
In a Saturday morning incident, Madison Police Department officers pulled a man to safety from a sixth floor balcony they believed he was prepared to jump from.
MATC sees rise in sexual harassment reports with greater attention to issue
Madison Area Technical College received 39 reports of sexual harassment — 15 of stalking and 20 of sexual assault — in the past decade, according to information provided by college officials.
Mayor Paul Soglin proposes no new alcohol licenses for bars, restaurants near UW campus
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed moratorium on new liquor licenses would affect the parts of downtown Madison nearest the University of Wisconsin campus, including Langdon Street, five blocks of State Street and Monroe Street near Camp Randall Stadium, according to a detailed version of the proposal released Thursday.
Saturday night sexual assault reported at unknown fraternity
There is currently no active investigation on the matter.
U Wisconsin Campuses Investigated Nearly 100 Sexual Misconduct Cases Involving Employees Since 2014
University of Wisconsin campuses have investigated nearly 100 formal complaints of sexual misconduct against employees who teach, advise or otherwise supervise students since 2014, according to an investigation by the Journal-Sentinel.
Madison officials proposing to eliminate late-night food carts Downtown to address violence
Madison officials are looking to phase out late-night food carts Downtown as part of a broader approach to reducing alcohol-related violence and other problems.
Left behind: Who looks out for children when their parents go to prison?
Quoted: “The children of incarcerated parents have been invisible for a long time because of stigma,” says Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, UW-Madison professor of human development and family studies. Poehlmann-Tynan has researched this population since 1996. She’s done the first ever observational study of children visiting incarcerated parents. Her work focuses on what will help children cope and thrive while a parent is incarcerated.
Making Sexual-Assault Hearings Fair
Officials at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater have talked with colleagues on other campuses who question whether it makes sense for students to help decide sexual-assault cases. But they’ve never considered removing students from their hearing panels.
Unlocked door allowed easy access for burglar, Madison police say
A burglar had an easy time getting into an apartment in the UW-Madison campus area early Saturday morning, going through an unlocked door to steal computers and a gaming system.
Madison man plummets 13 feet from State Street parking garage after punching departing car
MPD believe alcohol was a contributing factor the incident.
Burglar steals laptops, gaming system from UW students’ unlocked apartment
MPD reminds students to keep doors locked, even while at home, as they return from winter break.
Notebooks seized from ex-UW student charged with sexual assaults cannot be used as evidence at trials, judges rule
Notebooks seized from the apartment of former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, which prosecutors saw as evidence that he schemed to sexually assault women he met on campus, can’t be used during any of Cook’s trials, two judges wrote in a collaborative decision issued Friday.
UW-Madison to warn potential interns that state lawmaker is accused of sexual misconduct
The University of Wisconsin-Madison political science department plans to warn students considering internships with Democratic Rep. Josh Zepnick that he’s been accused of sexual misconduct.
UW-Madison police welcome newest K9
K9 Officer Kobalt and his handler, UW police Officer Nikki Zautner, are on their way home from a six-week intensive training program at Shallow Creek Kennels in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, a kennel the department has used before to select dogs, said police spokesman Marc Lovicott.