UNIVERSITY AVENUE

Battery

Police were dispatched to Segredo early Sunday morning to mediate a fight. According to a Madison Police Department report, the fight began because a 32-year-old Madison man was hit in the face with a beer bottle.

One suspect was detained, but witnesses could not identify him as the person who threw the beer bottle.

Police did arrest Madison resident Tou Thor, 23, who a woman identified as the man who punched her in the nose during the fight. He was cited for misdemeanor battery.

“It’s not that unusual for a large group of people to be at an establishment and get into a large incident,” MPD Lt. Marylou Ricksecker said.

SOUTH WHITNEY WAY

Arrested Person

Employees at a Madison Walgreens last week confronted a group of three to four men who could have potentially created a problem, according to an MPD report.

While in the store’s restroom, 17-year-old Devin Jami Long suggested to the others that they urinate on the floor. Long then started threatening the employee who confronted him.

Long and the group were stopped by police a short distance away. Police determined Long had consumed alcohol, although he denied making any threats. According to the MPD report, Long was taken into custody.

Ricksecker said a 17-year-old drunk at 5 p.m. is not common, but it is not unusual.

PACKERS AVENUE

Weapons Violation

After 38-year-old bar patron Shane Maynard mouthed off to other guests and started shoving matches Sunday, he was asked to leave and “departed an angry man,” according to a police report.

Maynard left with a female who later told police that while driving, he threatened her and other people with a knife that had a 14-inch blade and an eight-inch handle. He drove back to the bar and rammed his car into a bar door.

He then drove away erratically and ran into an embankment. Officers tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

“We see [such weapons] on occasion, but we don’t see people taking them out in public very often,” Ricksecker said about the knife.

MILWAUKEE STREET

Theft

Police arrested a shoplifter Sunday afternoon who stole one bottle of brandy and one bottle of whiskey from Woodman’s Food Market on Madison’s east side, according to a police report.

The suspect, Porforio Hensen, 47, of Madison, was approached by a 54-year-old Woodman’s employee who tried to prevent him from exiting the store. Hensen pulled out a knife, causing her to draw back into the store.

Shortly thereafter, Hensen ran into a nearby marsh with police in pursuit. He lost the foot chase, but officers were unable to find a knife on Hensen.

Ricksecker said the police department would rather people be good witnesses than try to alleviate a shoplifting situation themselves.

OLD SAUK COURT

Fraud

Madison police fielded a report from a 71-year-old Madison woman about a fraudulent phone caller Friday, according to a police report.

The caller called the victim and claimed to be her grandson, to which she replied she did not have a grandson. The report said the victim told the caller not to try her phone number again and was very assertive.

The male caller allegedly told her he was trying to scam her, which she felt justified reporting the incident to the police.