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 September 17th 2025
- 5:11 am, Other, Location Redacted. UWPD units responded to two active killer/bomb threats.
- 12:31 pm, Found Property, Gordon Commons. Black Lulu Lemon clutch w/ air pods inside located at Gordon Commons, placed into property for safekeeping.
- 1:20 pm, Other, Location Redacted. K9 Deployment - Assisted outside agency with K9 sniff during Search Warrant attempting to locate person.
- 2:34 pm, Theft/Larceny, Memorial Library. Contacted person regarding the theft of their e-bike.
- 8:26 pm, Drug Violation, Kohl Center. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail persons for WI State Statute Poss. of Psilocybin Mushrooms and WI State Statute Poss. of MDMA after Guest Services received a complaint of them smoking marijuana. Evidence secured for packaging and processing.
- 4:42 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person needing medical assistance.
Daily Blotter for September 16th 2025
- 6:52 am, Information, Extension Services. Contacted by phone person after they parked in a no parking zone outside of Extension Services after previous warnings. Explained any escalations could result in additional contacts.
- 8:18 am, Other, Enzyme Institute. K9 Deployment/Suspicious Package - Cardboard box heavily taped and wet around the bottom located near the south entrance of Enzyme.
- 12:30 pm, Damage to Property, Residence Hall. Contacted person who reported that on 9/13 at around noon there was a handle possibly broken off (or forcefully unscrewed) a shower handle in a room door. Similar situation on other doors have been reported.
- 6:47 pm, Theft/Larceny, Union South. Contacted person who reported their electric scooter was stolen from the NW bike rack.
- 9:54 pm, Extortion, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they reported an individual threatening to post inappropriate items online, extortion scam, resources provided.
- 1:07 am, Found Property, Gordon Commons. Backpack found and placed in safekeeping.
Daily Blotter for September 15th 2025
- 1:15 am, Found Property, Red Rock Saloon. Phone turned into Dispatch, unable to obtain information on own, placed into property for safekeeping.
- 1:47 am, Other, Location Redacted. Executed OWI blood draw for outside agency and turned over to outside agency.
- 6:00 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Transported person to Detox.
- 6:22 am, Information, Location Redacted. Outside agency reporting potential threat to others, additional information not available.
- 8:45 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contact with person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 9:33 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contact with CSA who was in contact with person experiencing mental health crisis.
Daily Blotter for September 14th 2025
- 3:10 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Transported person to detox, UAL cite to be delivered at a later date.
- 4:45 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Regent & N. Park Streets. Stopped/Cited person for UAL 1st (Muni) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol, store the alcohol in their purse, and then meet up with another person down the street. Disposed of and verbally warned for fake ID.
- 5:04 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Regent & Brooks Streets. Cited several persons for UAL (1st), verbally warned additional persons for fake ID.
- 5:20 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, College Ct & Park Street. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st (City of Madison) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol, and meet up with another person in the parking lot. Both persons verbally warned for and confiscated false ID’s.
- 5:57 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Regent & Brooks Streets. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st (City of Madison) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol, and meet up with another person down the street. Confiscated and verbally warned for false ID.
- 6:24 pm, Other, Memorial Union. K9 Deployment - K9 Ritter deployment conducted sniff of item, negative alert, no additional information provided.
- 6:53 pm, Warrant Served, University Ave & Frances Street. Stopped/Arrested person for a misdemeanor warrant after they ran a red light, cited for operating without a valid license and verbally warned for failure to stop at a red light at University Ave and N Frances St.
- 6:55 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Regent & Park Streets. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st (City of Madison) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol, and meet up with multiple people down the street to exchange alcohol, verbally warned and confiscated one for false ID.
- 7:44 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, N. Brooks St. & Fahrenbrook Court. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st (City of Madison) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol, and meet up with another person down the street. Confiscated and verbally warned for false ID.
- 8:04 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Regent & Park Streets. Contacted/Cited persons for UAL 1st (City of Madison) after observing them enter Regent St Liquor, exit with alcohol. both persons verbally warned for and confiscated false ID’s.
- 8:46 pm, Theft/Larceny, Nicholas Recreation Center. Contacted person for a scooter theft and damage to property of a bike lock at the Nicholas Recreation Center.
- 9:00 pm, Theft/Larceny, Memorial Union. Contacted person reporting their mounting bracket stolen off handle bars of bike.
- 10:41 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Gordon Commons. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st after observing them walking with an open container of alcohol, verbally warned for Open Container and alcohol disposed of on scene.
- 10:55 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Detox evaluation due to person being incapacitated by alcohol. MFR transported to local hospital.
- 12:00 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Detox evaluation due to person being incapacitated by alcohol. MFR transported to local hospital.
- 12:02 am, Battery, Local Hospital. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect after they refused to comply with medical care and was trespassing. Suspect kicked UWPD and Hospital Security staff multiple times while being removed from property. Charged with Battery to Public Officer, Battery to Health Care Staff, and Trespass remain after notice.
- 12:18 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Lot 29. Contacted/Cited person for UAL 1st after observing them walking with an open container of alcohol, verbally warned for Open Container (Muni), ID Card Violations, and Obstruction (County) after they presented a false Indiana Driver's License as their true identification. Alcohol disposed of on scene, confiscated and destroyed false ID.
- 12:20 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Contacted person for alcohol incapacitation due to needing medical assistance. MFR transported to local hospital, to be cited for UAL 1st.
- 12:31 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Contacted/Transported person to local hospital due to being incapacitated by alcohol.
- 12:35 am, Information, UWPD. No information provided at time of briefing release.
- 12:53 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person after they were observed to be highly intoxicated, needing medical assistance and causing a disturbance. MFR transported to local hospital for medical treatment, alcohol intoxication, citations for UAL 1st and UW code disorderly conduct to be delivered on a later date.
- 1:47 am, Other, Location Redacted. No information provided at time of briefing release.
- 1:54 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. Contacted/Transported person to local hospital due to being incapacitated by alcohol. Citation for UAL 1st to be delivered on a later date.
- 3:27 am, Check Person, Location Redacted. No information provided at time of briefing release.
Daily Blotter for September 13th 2025
- 4:45 am, Criminal Damage, Library Mall. FP&M reported graffiti on and around the Library Mall fountain.
- 5:25 am, Found Property, Library Mall. Set of 3 UW keys found on bench between State St. and Library Mall.
- 9:57 am, Disorderly Conduct, Local Hospital. Cited person for Disorderly Conduct after complaint of threatening comments towards others.
- 11:17 am, Theft/Larceny, Memorial Union. Contacted person who advised they left items under a bench near Hoofers and when they returned were not in the same location they were left at.
- 3:36 pm, Emergency Detention, Location Redacted. Contact with person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 3:39 pm, Other, N. First & E. Johnson Streets. Traffic Stop - Cited person for unreasonable and imprudent speed on Packers near E Johnson St, verbally warned for possession of Marijuana and not wearing their seatbelt.
- 3:47 pm, Theft/Larceny, Nicholas Recreation Center. Contacted by telephone person who reported their headphones were taken from a Stairmaster in Nicholas Rec Center after they forgot them.
- 4:52 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, Main Street. K9 Deployment - K9 Ritter deployment assisted outside agency with search for shell casings.
- 5:15 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, College Ct. & Brooks Street. Cited person for City UAL 1st, verbally warned for possession of false ID.
- 5:19 pm, Graffiti, East Campus Mall. While conducting a building after closing, UWPD Security Officer located graffiti that was written on glass of the main door entrance, located on the east side of the building.
- 5:47 pm, Found Property, UWPD. After a wallet was dropped off at UWPD, contact with owner made, placed into property for safekeeping.
- 5:55 pm, Found Property, Gordon Commons. Found property and unable to be returned to owner, placed into property for safekeeping.
- 6:03 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Park St. & College Ct. Contacted persons after they were observed by UWPD officer exiting Regent Liquor with what appeared to be alcohol and transferred the items to 2 backpacks carried by other persons who were cited for City UAL 1st, warned for fake IDs (confiscated, disposed of).
- 7:28 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, College Ct. & Park St. Cited persons for City UAL 1st., verbally warned one for fake ID after being observed entering Regent Liquor and exit with alcohol before distributing between themselves and others waiting outside.
- 7:43 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for City UAL 1st., verbally warned for fake ID after being observed entering Regent Liquor and place alcohol in backpack.
- 9:08 pm, Fraud, Residence Hall. Contacted person who reporting being scammed out of season tickets after contacting a person through an App called Group Me selling the season tickets. Sent money and has not received season tickets.
- 11:08 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. MFR transported person to local hospital who was intoxicated and incapacitated after seeing them being carried by persons and unable to care for themselves.
- 11:23 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Location Redacted. MFR transported person to local hospital after housefellows found them. Will be cited for UAL.
- 12:14 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st after a person reported them unwell, citation to be delivered at a later date.
- 1:01 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st after a person reported them unwell, citation to be delivered at a later date.
- 1:54 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st after they were found highly intoxicated by housefellows in Residence Hall.
- 3:14 am, Operating While Intoxicated, Randall & Dayton Streets. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for OWI 1st and failure to obey traffic sign/signal. Stopped for disregarding road closed sign on N Randall at W Dayton.
Daily Blotter for September 12th 2025
- 10:16 am, Theft/Larceny, Nicholas Recreation Center. Contacted person regarding threats to persons at local hospital.
- 10:20 am, Threat Assessment, Location Redacted. Contacted person regarding threats to persons at local hospital.
- 10:40 am, Graffiti, Library Mall. Contacted person who advised they were taking photos of graffiti near the water fountain outside of Memorial Library when a person told her to not to touch the writings and to leave them.
- 11:19 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person prior to MFR transported to local hospital, no police assistance needed.
- 11:36 am, Other, Memorial Union. UW Code Violation - Cited person for depositing human waste inside the Memorial Union.
- 2:54 pm, Other, Eagle Heights. Person reported a strange recurring odor, possibly urine, immediately outside the door to their residence.
- 5:42 pm, Other, Morgridge Hall. Request For Assistance - Contacted person who reported their scooter stolen from the lobby. Camera review showed staff moving the scooter. Found scooted in loading dock area and returned to owner.
- 5:51 pm, Other, Chemistry Building. UW Code Violation - Cited person for smoking in a non-residence hall. Released without incident.
- 10:45 pm, Information, Location Redacted. Information from person forwarded to Threat Team.
- 2:34 am, Damage to Property, Lot 46. Contacted person who struck east exit arm with vehicle.
- 4:46 am, Graffiti, Library Mall. Incident ongoing at time of briefing release.
Daily Blotter for September 11th 2025
- 10:13 am, Graffiti, East Campus Mall Pedestrian Tunnel. Located multiple sites of graffiti written in black spray paint and "anti-fascism" posters placed along the south west commuter bike path from Monroe St. to East Campus Mall.
- 12:04 pm, Motor Vehicle Accident, Vet Med South. Contacted person after they and another vehicle backed into each other.
- 1:23 pm, Fraud, Eagle Heights. Contacted person after they had been scammed out of a very large sum of money.
- 5:36 pm, Theft/Larceny, Nicholas Recreation Center. Contacted person regarding theft of personal items.
- 6:47 pm, Theft/Larceny, Union South. Contacted person for a scooter theft and damage to property of a bike lock at Union South.
- 8:17 pm, Theft/Larceny, Lot 46. Contacted person for a theft of a firearm from an unlocked vehicle. Assisted outside agency in the arrest of suspect in this theft.
- 8:25 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Responded to report of person experiencing medical emergency.
- 11:16 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Contacted person who was intoxicated but not incapacitated, to be cited for UAL 1st.
- 12:08 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person for alcohol incapacitation due to needing medical assistance. MFR transported to local hospital, to be cited for UAL 1st.
Daily Blotter for September 10th 2025
- 7:39 am, Check Person, Local Hospital. Contacted person at local hospital after being discharged and transported to local business to meet relative.
- 11:24 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person needing medical assistance, MFR transported to local hospital.
- 12:31 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person requesting medical assistance and ride to local hospital by UWPD for medical treatment after being struck by a bicyclist on Babcock drive and Linden Drive.
- 1:31 pm, Graffiti, Humanities Building. Located multiple sites of a red graffiti symbol written on various locations around the seventh floor in the Humanities Building.
- 3:05 pm, Lost Property, UWPD. Contacted person regarding lost passport on bus from Chicago to Madison.
- 8:09 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
Daily Blotter for September 9th 2025
- 9:06 am, Damage to Property, Lot 75. Contacted person regarding Lot 75 parking gate being hit by vehicle resulting in damage to gate arm and gate post.
- 10:26 am, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, Law Building. Detained suspect on behalf of outside agency who had probable cause to arrest suspect from a previous incident.
- 11:22 am, Fraud, UWPD. Contacted person by telephone reporting another person copied their signature on two UW-Madison HR documents causing fraud.
- 11:46 am, Warrant Served, Union South. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for Misdemeanor Theft, Felony Bail Jumping, DOC Warrant, and Failure to Appear Warrant.
- 12:07 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. Contacted person after a report of a person who needed medical assistance.
- 12:58 pm, Graffiti, Far West Playing Fields. Contacted person regarding lines painted on the far West fields without permission and without reserving the field.
- 2:56 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
- 5:17 pm, Other, East Campus Mall. Contacted/Verbally Warned person for Possession of Alcohol on UW Lands and Depositing Human Waste and transported to Salvation Army on E. Washington Ave.
- 7:17 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Local Hospital. Contacted/Cited person after staff located them smoking inside of hospital emergency room.
- 8:14 pm, Assist Law Enforcement Agency, Local Hospital. Assisted outside agency in taking possession of sensitive crime kit at local hospital.
- 11:22 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Cited person for UAL 1st.
- 11:29 pm, Underage Alcohol Violation, Local Hospital. Contacted person for UAL 1st, MFR transported to local hospital for alcohol incapacitation.
- 11:53 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Local Hospital. Contact with person and cited for Madison Municipal UAL 1st, MFR transported to Detox due to alcohol incapacitation.
- 12:02 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Residence Hall. Contacted person and released to a responsible party found to be intoxicated but not incapacitated.
- 12:37 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Local Hospital. Contacted person for a detox evaluation and MFR transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.
- 12:44 am, Underage Alcohol Violation, Local Hospital. Contacted person for UAL 1st and MFR transported to local hospital.
- 2:39 am, Drug Violation, Park & Regent Streets. Traffic Stop - Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for Possession of cocaine, OWI 3rd, Misd Bail Jumping x 2, OAR, Failure to install IID, Exceeding Speed Zones 39/25 and possess open intoxicants in a Motor Vehicle.
Daily Blotter for September 8th 2025
- 8:39 pm, Check Person, Hamel Music Center. Entry updated from 9/7/2025 - Contacted a person outside of Hamel Music Center after it was reported they were intoxicated.
- 5:10 am, Warrant Served, Local Hospital. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect from local hospital after being medically cleared for P&P arrest warrant.
- 1:07 pm, Other, Jenifer Street. K9 Deployment - Assisted DCSO EOD K9 sweep and MPD with Ironman.
- 12:19 am, Drug Violation, Park & Regent Streets. Traffic Stop - Cited driver during traffic stop for possession of THC, verbally warned for speed 39/25.