Daily Blotter Archive
The blotter content below represents significant incidents/calls for service from the previous 24 hours, starting at 6 a.m. the prior day. For example, incidents listed on January 2 occurred starting at 6 a.m. on January 1.
Daily Blotter for February 24th 2023
- 6:03 am, Disorderly Conduct, Location Redacted. Contacted/arrested/released to Dane County Jail suspect for disorderly conduct and lewd and lascivious behavior after being reported being naked in someone’s room without consent and urinating on the floor.
- 6:08 am, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person all ok, accidental trip of the alarm.
- 8:33 am, Alarm, Location Redacted. Staff is around area shoveling the snow and ice.
- 8:18 am, Sexual Assault, Location Redacted. Contacted by person who reported a sexual assault that occurred in September 2022.
- 8:18 am, Sexual Assault, Location Redacted. Contacted by person who reported multiple incidents of sexual assault in several locations between the dates of October 2021 and February 2022 that involved a person of interest.
- 10:32 am, Damage to Property, Lot 46. Report number taken in error.
- 10:46 am, Follow-up, Union South. Observed suspect from Vandalism sitting in Varsity Lounge at Union South. Detained/Cited for UW Vandalism.
- 12:24 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Ogg Hall. Contacted person who reported chest pains, dizziness, and vision issues.
- 5:00 pm, Check Person, Union South. Contacted/Cited suspect for Assaultive Behavior after they shoved a Memorial Union staff member.
- 6:19 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person in regards to a panic alarm.
- 6:36 pm, Check Person, Location Redacted. Contacted person who wanted to report being assaulted by staff.
- 7:23 pm, Information, McBurney Resource Center. Received Student Application Essay from Office of Admissions & Recruitment, essay contained one sentence of “sexual abuse” but did not provide further information or detail.
- 10:42 pm, Check Person, Union South. Contacted persons after both reported a M/W subject threw what is believed to be water on them while walking through Union South.
- 11:10 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted/Transported to detox person after they were found on the northwest corner of residence hall screaming, while trying to enter the building.
- 1:15 am, Other, W Johnson Street & East Campus Mall. Traffic Stop - No disposition at this time.
- 2:57 am, Operating While Intoxicated, University Ave & Henry Mall. Contacted/Arrested/Released to responsible party suspect for OWI 1st and cited for speeding & PAC 1st.
- 3:25 am, Operating While Intoxicated, University Ave. No disposition at this time.
Daily Blotter for February 23rd 2023
- 7:23 am, Motor Vehicle Accident, Lot 94. Contacted person operating a vehicle after they backed a UW Garbage truck into a parked car in Lot 94.
- 8:17 am, Trespassing/After Hours, Memorial Union. Contacted person in Memorial Union after being contacted by staff as they were the suspect that entered private offices earlier in the week.
- 12:57 pm, Trespassing/After Hours, University Club. Contacted person again at University Club for trespassing, left without incident.
- 12:27 pm, Fraud, Waisman Center. Contacted person after they found a transaction for $119.88 on their UW Purchase credit card that they did not initiate.
- 2:22 pm, Motor Vehicle Accident, Grainger Hall. Contacted person after they struck the overhead loading dock door while driving State Owned vehicle at approx 1pm.
- 10:47 am, Found Property, UWPD. Unable to locate person after their property was turned into UWPD.
- 5:24 pm, Theft/Larceny, Chadbourne Hall. Contacted person in reference stolen bike seat from bike secured to bike racks on south side of Chadbourne Hall.
- 7:13 pm, Damage to Property, Lot 46 - 301 N Lake Street. Transportation Services reported a vehicle drove through the gate arm, damaging it. Transportation Services will follow up to provide damage value.
Daily Blotter for February 22nd 2023
- 7:27 am, Theft/Larceny, Dayton Street. Contacted person whose bicycle was stolen from Ogg racks.
- 10:25 am, Criminal Damage, 425 Henry Mall. Contacted person who reported a person of interest entered the Biotech Center at 8:39am from Lot 20, and caused damage around the building.
- 10:47 am, Found Property, UWPD. No notes at this time.
- 12:50 pm, Theft/Larceny, 1300 Linden Drive. Contacted person who reported apple air pods stolen from case while they charged.
- 1:17 pm, Domestic, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they were involved with a possible domestic situation in local hospital parking lot by hospital security.
- 1:50 pm, Other, Grady Tract Lot. Found deceased animal and transported to Vet Med for proper disposal.
- 2:54 pm, Theft/Larceny, 800 Langdon Street. Contacted person after they reported their computer stolen.
- 3:01 pm, Check Person, Law Building. Contacted person regarding concerning behavior of other person to do a check person on their behaviors .
- 3:06 pm, Theft/Larceny, Microbial Sciences Building. Contacted person who reporting their Apple Airpods Pro in a purple case were stolen after they mistakenly left them behind in room 1220 following a lecture.
- 3:36 pm, Information, 800 Langdon Street. Person reported that a male threatened them.
- 4:57 pm, Other, Location Redacted. Contact with person to report employee’s ex husband is stalking that employee..
- 8:09 pm, Check Person, Location Redacted. Contacted person at the main entrance to a local hospital for a check person.
- 10:22 pm, Information, 1200 Observatory Drive. Contacted persons after they located a lock picking set not belonging to either of them in their dorm room.
- 1:30 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Transported person to detox after UWPD was called to dorm because they were being uncooperative with housefellows after noise violation.
Daily Blotter for February 21st 2023
- 11:30 am, Fraud, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they reported that they sent explicit photos to unknown person whom they were chatting with on Instagram.
- 5:17 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person and all was secure, nothing suspicious.
- 11:00 pm, Operating While Intoxicated, N. Lake Street & University Ave. Arrested/Cited/Released to responsible party suspect for OWI 2nd, PAC 2nd, failure to install IID, criminal OAR, improper left turn, and open intoxicants in MV.
Daily Blotter for February 20th 2023
- 8:25 am, Alarm, Location Redacted. Checked building, did not observe any issues, all doors secure .
- 11:25 am, Found Property, UWPD. Found apple watch 6 turned into UWPD.
Daily Blotter for February 19th 2023
- 5:56 pm, Found Property, UWPD. UPDATE from previous case: A black pencil bag was turned into dispatch. Unknown location it was found/however returned to owner.
- 2:05 pm, Criminal Damage, Chadbourne Hall. Contacted person who reported (1) damaged metal plate that houses elevator buttons.
- 2:58 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Chadbourne Hall. Cited persons for UAL 1st after observing two individuals carrying them through the lobby of Chadbourne.
- 3:40 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Witte Hall. Cited person for UAL after they were was observed by housefellows being carried into their room.
- 3:56 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Witte Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st after they were observed with staggered walking and slurred speech on the 3rd floor of Witte while police were there for another response.
- 5:56 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they called police looking to talk to someone.
- 6:48 pm, Check Person, Location Redacted. Contacted person after a parent called in and reported their child was intoxicated and making suicidal statements to their friends.
- 9:08 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, West Gilman Street. Assisted City of Madison PD with K9 Sniff of vehicle on traffic stop. Positive K9 alert.
- 9:52 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, N. Basset Street. Assisted City of Madison PD with request for K9 Sniff of vehicle on traffic stop. Marijuana located on vehicle occupant`s person prior to K9 deployment.
- 10:12 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, E Verona Ave & Enterprise Drive. Requested by Verona PD for K9 Sniff of vehicle on traffic stop. Unable to accommodate request in duration of traffic stop time due to assisting City of Madison PD with K9 sniff.
- 12:11 am, Other, W Johnson & N Frances Streets. Stopped/released to responsible party suspect for improper left turn. Cited for driving without valid license. K9 sniff, positive hit. Verbally warned for possession of marijuana .
- 12:23 am, Trespassing/After Hours, Camp Randall Stadium. Contacted/Cited persons after they were observed on the playing field in Camp Randall Stadium.
- 3:07 am, Other, Location Redacted. Contacted person at local hospital for report of patient (under ED commitment) shoving them without consent.
- 3:12 am, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, Meinders/Triangle. Assisted McFarland PD with request for K9 Sniff of vehicle on traffic stop. Positive K9 alert.
Daily Blotter for February 18th 2023
- 9:01 am, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted lab manager, and described culprit.
- 1:46 pm, Theft/Larceny, Witte Hall. Contacted person who reported their phone and Airpods were stolen from an unlocked room around 2300 on 2.16.23.
- 7:35 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, N. Park & Regent Streets. Contacted/Cited persons for UAL 1st and verbally warned for poss. of false ID.
- 9:42 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Kohl Center. Contacted persons during Men’s Hockey vs Michigan St. after they were reported to be vomiting in a restroom outside section 212.
- 11:59 pm, Resisting Arrest, N. Park & W. Dayton Streets. Arrested/cited suspect for for resisting and battery to Law Enforcement Officer.
- 11:27 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, N. Park Street & University Ave. Assisted City of Madison PD with K9 Sniff of vehicle on traffic stop. Positive K9 alert.
- 1:25 am, Resisting Arrest, W. Johnson Street & East Campus Mall. Arrested suspect/MPD handling battery investigation and booked into Dane County Jail after they were observed kneeling over a JBM security officer in the middle of the road punching person in the head.
- 3:13 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Off duty Housefellow found person unresponsive in the 3rd floor shower.
Daily Blotter for February 17th 2023
- 7:38 am, Information, Chazen Museum. Contacted person who reported seeing a person unknown race fill their bottle with hand sanitizer and leave the building.
- 9:32 am, Found Property, UWPD. Black Apple iPad turned in to UWPD, unable to locate owner.
- 11:20 am, Information, McBurney Resource Center. Reviewed application provided by person for mandatory reporting.
- 11:48 am, Check Person, UWPD. Contacted suspect for a disorderly conduct.
- 12:24 pm, Theft/Larceny, Adams Hall. Contacted person who reported their bike stolen from the south entrance bike racks in front of Adams.
- 1:01 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Linden and Charter Streets. Assisted MPD-EMS with individual whose arm was injured after falling on snow-covered sidewalk.
- 1:00 pm, Information, Science Hall. Science Hall Building manger reported two sets of Transgender 3”x4” flag stickers were defaced with blk pen writing “No more capitalist degeneracy” “Crush cultural capitalists” and “Death to capitalists”.
- 3:41 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person for a forced door alarm.
- 7:12 pm, Information, Engineering Hall. Assisted Security at Engineering Hall in the Badger Market regarding a burst water pipe resulting in major flooding.
- 8:26 pm, Theft/Larceny, Red Gym. Contacted person regarding a painting that was stolen from the Multicultural Student Center at the Red Gym.
- 1:50 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Assisted MFR with patient transport to local hospital.
Daily Blotter for February 16th 2023
- 8:09 pm, Follow-up, HC White. Cited suspect for misdemeanor cite theft under $2500 after he stole a backpack with a laptop, mouse, clothes and other misc. property.
- 11:25 am, Mental Health Welfare Check, Memorial Library. Contacted person on the 3rd floor after library staff requested, we check on their welfare.
- 12:25 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Nielsen Tennis. Responded to Nielsen stadium for an individual injured while playing Tennis.
- 1:03 pm, Theft/Larceny, West Dayton Street. Person reported their black e-bike was stolen between 9pm on 2/14/23 and 1pm on 2/15/23.
- 1:49 pm, Information, MCBurney Resource Center. Reviewed EO54 submission from person and determined to be documented with a report, but no need for additional follow-up.
- 2:01 pm, Trespassing/After Hours, Grainger Hall. Cited suspect for UW trespassing in Grainger Hall (remain after notice) after being contacted by staff and ban notice.
- 5:35 pm, Found Property, AOSS. Iphone (possible 5c version) found outside.
- 6:35 pm, Threat Assessment, Location Redacted. Contacted person who stated their roommate has been visiting a website called watchpeopledie.com frequently in the past week, no threats to harm oneself or others.
- 9:38 pm, Information, Helen C White Library. Contacted person who called regarding a person of interest making derogatory statements about women and anti-Islamic comments.
Daily Blotter for February 15th 2023
- 9:21 am, Information, UWPD. Reviewing UW milestone video about a Maxient report and possible suspect reference assaults in Greenbush neighborhood.
- 9:43 am, Information, 1210 W Dayton Street. Contacted person after they reached out to UWPD because custodial staff found their office unlocked.
- 9:56 am, Information, McBurney Resource Center. Received EO54 from admissions. Applicant disclosed possible sexual assault that occurred with a classmate.
- 6:58 pm, Check Person, Location Redacted. Arrested/Transported and released to Dane County Jail suspect for felony bail jumping x2, resisting and disorderly conduct after they were yelling profanities/threatening/and gesturing to fight a patient at a local hospital and security staff.
- 8:30 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Kohl Center. Contacted person behind the visiting bench during the Michigan MBB game after they almost passed out 2x in in their seat.
- 10:04 pm, Theft/Larceny, Memorial Library. Contacted person for a report of a wallet theft from 5th floor of building area.
- 10:30 pm, Theft/Larceny, Memorial Union. Contacted person who reported their backpack stolen from the hoofers area.
- 11:12 pm, Other, Bassett & Johnson Streets. Weapons Violation - Contacted/Cited arrested/released to Dane County Jail suspect for improper left turn. Arrested for OWI 2nd, PAC 2nd, carrying a concealed firearm, carrying firearm while intoxicated. Seized weapon with loaded magazine and stored in UWPD property at this time.
- 12:40 am, Mental Health Welfare Check, UWPD. Contacted person at Randall Ave at Regent St after coming in to UWPD lobby and making statements of having mood swings and needing help.