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 October 18th 2024
- 5:15 am, Other, UW LaCrosse. K-9 Deployment - K-9 sweep for VPOTUS.
- 5:14 pm, Disorderly Conduct, Porter Boathouse. Person reported another person verbally accosted another person before following them over to Camp Randall.
- 9:23 pm, Check Person, Limnology Laboratory. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for Felony Bail Jumping, Resist/obstruct and Colombia County warrant.
- 10:40 pm, Eluding, University Ave. & N. Lake St. Attempted to stop vehicle for failure to obey sign.
- 10:57 pm, Information, Radio Hall. Report number pulled in error.
- 12:27 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Secured area for MFD for patient suffering a medical emergency.
- 2:03 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL1st after person found them in them vomiting and called house fellows.
Daily Blotter for October 17th 2024
- 12:16 pm, Theft/Larceny, N. Lake Street. Contacted person who used their UW account to order 12 Walmart gift cards, left for staff member and subsequently stolen and used at local Walmart.
- 10:51 pm, Other, Residence Hall. Request For Assistance - Contacted person regarding them seeing a video on TikTok posted by a student using the salad tongs to stuff salad down their pants and then seen putting the tongs back into the buffet at local campus eatery.
Daily Blotter for October 16th 2024
- 4:53 am, Other, University Ave. & Charter Street. Traffic Stop - Stopped and Cited person for failure to stop at flashing red light. PC to search vehicle based on strong odor of Marijuana and confiscated items.
- 12:12 pm, Disorderly Conduct, Psychology Building. Cited person for UAL (1st) and UW code disorderly conduct.
- 12:45 pm, Graffiti, Vilas Hall. Unable to locate graffiti.
- 1:09 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person who fell needing medical assistance.
- 2:15 pm, Damage to Property, Lot 34. Contacted person whose vehicle suffered a hip high two inch dent just above passenger wheel well while parked in Lot 34.
- 3:46 pm, Emergency Detention, Local Hospital. Took person into protective custody for an emergency detention.
- 12:50 am, Other, Museum. UW Code Violation - Contacted/Cited person for Picnicking and Camping after observing them asleep and using a heating grate as an overnight makeshift shelter.
Daily Blotter for October 15th 2024
- 7:55 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Assisted Madison Fire Rescue as patient was transported to local hospital. Therapy dog deployed.
- 9:59 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Gave ride to person experiencing medical crisis.
- 12:10 pm, Other, Dane County Airport. K9 Deployment - K9 sweep for FLOTUS.
- 11:25 pm, Damage to Property, Lot 75. Contacted person regarding their striking and damaging the exit gate arm with their vehicle.
Daily Blotter for October 14th 2024
- 7:27 am, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, State Street. Assisted MPD in contacting person at State St/N Lake St who was in possession of stolen bike.
- 10:21 am, Motor Vehicle Accident, Lot 46. UW-Transportation Services reported unknown driver pushed up parking arm with vehicle to avoid paying for parking on 10/12/24 at 19:57.
- 5:07 pm, Other, Eagle Heights. Request For Assistance - Person requested PD clear residence, reference front door being found open upon return to residence.
- 11:59 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Housefellows found person vomiting in bathroom during rounds.
- 1:00 am, Harassment, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they were being harassed by an Instagram user for a photo to use for inspiration for a painting and potential fraud/harassment.
- 4:59 am, Other, Johnson & Carroll Streets. Traffic Stop - Cited person for Criminal OAR and Failure to install IID. Initial traffic stop for expired registration.
Daily Blotter for October 13th 2024
- 6:11 am, Other, Local Hospital. Cited/transported person for Trespass remain after notice after being discharged earlier in the day and refusing to leave property.
- 10:17 am, Drug Violation, Memorial Union. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for Bail Jumping, Poss. of Heroin w/ Fentanyl, and Trespass to Land after Memorial Union staff called about them being in the building and concerning statements about weapons being pointed towards others. No weapons were located.
- 5:27 pm, Battery, Memorial Union. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Cited/Released person for Battery after they head butted another person trying to get their cigarettes back from another person.
- 6:00 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Assisted MFD prior to transport to local hospital person who was vomiting in flower bed, reference possible food poisoning.
- 12:39 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Lakeshore Path. Verbally Warned persons for UAL 1st when found sitting on the curb on the lake shore path and appeared intoxicated.
- 1:10 am, Other, Marion & Johnson St. Traffic - Cited person for operating while revoked. Stopped for operating without required lamps during hours of darkness.
- 1:43 am, Check Person, Kohl Center. Contacted/Verbally warned for Disorderly Conduct person after they were reported to be physically harassing people and pushing girls off a ledge.
Daily Blotter for October 12th 2024
- 9:42 am, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 10:06 am, Threat Assessment, Location Redacted. Contacted person to discuss a threatening email they received from known person. Investigation ongoing at this time.
- 11:12 am, Other, W. Johnson St. No additional follow up required.
- 1:12 pm, Graffiti, Picnic Point Grounds. Person called to report locating graffiti on a bench just east of Fire Pit 2.
- 7:46 pm, Theft/Larceny, Residence Hall. Contacted person regarding their laundry bag being stolen from the dryers in Cole Resident Hall.
- 12:01 am, Other, Randall Ave. & Dayton St. Traffic - Stopped/Verbally Warned person for failure to obey red traffic light. Odor of marijuana, vehicle searched and verbally warned passenger for possession marijuana.
- 12:48 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st after being found vomiting inside bathroom.
- 1:28 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Contacted/Cited/Released person for UAL 1st after housefellow located them vomiting.
- 2:26 am, Operating While Intoxicated, Dayton & Lake Streets. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Released to Responsible Party for OWI 1st, OWS, Non registration of auto, County possession of THC and open intoxicant in a motor vehicle. Initial traffic stop for expired registration.
Daily Blotter for October 11th 2024
- 6:42 am, Graffiti, Humanities Building. More graffiti on the wall of the 4th floor landing in the Art side stairwell closest to elevator 3. Black Sharpie writing on the wall.
- 8:43 am, Harassment, Location Redacted. Continued investigation, no further information at this time.
- 10:32 am, Information, Location Redacted. Person wanted to 3rd hand report of sexual misconduct.
- 11:16 am, Found Property, UWPD. A passport was turned into dispatch after being located by an unknown person on Langdon Street.
- 12:40 pm, Graffiti, Memorial Union. Person reported graffiti on the back of a bathroom stall door.
- 3:06 pm, Check Person, Location Redacted. Contacted person via phone after they sent an email with vague mental health comments and concerns.
- 5:55 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 11:14 pm, Operating While Intoxicated, Johnson & Marion. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for OWI 1st, possess open intox, OWS and no display of registration. Detained/released passenger initial stop conducted for no plates.
- 1:34 am, Check Person, Computer Science Building. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st after UW Security found them puking.
Daily Blotter for October 10th 2024
- 6:42 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Transported person from residence hall to local hospital.
- 1:02 pm, Theft/Larceny, Residence Hall. Person reported their mountain bike stolen from the bike racks on the southeast side of residence hall.
- 2:37 pm, Other, Monroe Street. Traffic Stop - Stopped person for failure to obey traffic sign/signal. Vehicle searched due to odor of MJ. 3 grams of MJ seized/destroyed. Cited driver for operating while suspended and failure to obey sign/signal, verbally warned for Marijuana. Vehicle left parked legally on Monroe Street.
- 11:32 pm, Bail Jumping, Franklin & University Ave. Arrested/Cited/Released person for Bail Jumping - Misdemeanor and deviation from designated lane. Cited passenger for possession of open intoxicants.
Daily Blotter for October 9th 2024
- 9:19 am, Information, Eagle Heights/Engineering Drive. Located person on Engineering Dr after misunderstanding with drop off of rider.
- 9:45 am, Theft/Larceny, Residence Hall. Contacted person regarding theft of bike stolen from its locked location just east of residence hall front entrance.
- 10:17 am, Fraud, UWPD. Contacted person reporting fraud and that someone accessed her e-refund account via MyUW.
- 10:46 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 11:02 am, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person who advised the inside door handle is broken.
- 1:15 pm, Harassment, Location Redacted. Investigation ongoing at this time.
- 3:40 pm, Theft/Larceny, Residence Hall. Contacted by person who left their road bike unlocked overnight in the Lake St side bike racks at Witte Hall.
- 4:49 pm, Trespassing/After Hours, Local Hospital. Attempted to contact person regarding trespassing on property.
- 5:27 pm, Found Property, Bascom Hill. Airpod case with Kate Spade floral keychain was found on Bascom Hill near Law Building.
- 7:10 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. MFD cleared individual upon arrival.
- 8:31 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 11:18 pm, Operating While Intoxicated, Johnson St & Marion. Arrested/Cited/Released to Responsible Party/Vehicle towed to Schmidt's, person for OWI 2nd, possession of open intoxicant (driver), ignition interlock device/fail to install, driving against traffic one way, operating while revoked/due to alcohol.