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Madison police officers detained and dragged a heavily
intoxicated middle-aged male from Starbucks at 661 State St. Sunday evening
after he harassed several customers.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Starbucks employees made attempts to
escort the drunken man from the coffee shop.

They then called the police to have him arrested.

University of Wisconsin senior Mohammad Alfarouqi was
studying near the incident.

?He wouldn?t leave some girls alone,? Alfarouqi said. ?He
just got up in their face and the Starbucks guy tried to kick him out, and then
he tried to grab him and that?s when the police came.?

Junior Khalid Al-Ibrahim, who was also nearby, said police
officers struggled to get a hold of the man and took out a Taser but never
administered a shock.

An MPD patrolman was quick to the scene but called for
assistance to help control the man, according to Al-Ibrahim.

?He couldn?t even walk,? Al-Ibrahim said of the drunken man.

The man struggled with officers while being escorted to a
squad car where officers searched him. Since he never struck an officer, patrolman
Alexander Berkovitz said he likely would not be charged with resisting arrest
or disorderly conduct.

?It?s just an intoxicated person getting a trespass ticket
and an open intoxication violation,? Berkovitz said. ?He?ll also be going to
detox.?

Police found a half-empty plastic bottle of vodka in the
man?s pocket when they searched him.

Two officers struggled with the man as he cursed and writhed
before being forced into the squad car and taken away.