300 BLOCK OF NORTH HENRY STREET

Battery

A 21-year-old Madison man reported he was jumped by three young men Feb. 26 sometime after 2 a.m., a Madison Police Department report said.

Though the victim was not severely injured, he was allegedly punched several times after his attackers made derogatory comments to him while he was dancing inside a bar earlier in the evening, the report said.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the department often sees incidents where there is one victim and multiple suspects.

“When one person is attacked or battered by multiple people, it is not unusual that someone might wait a while to report a crime,” DeSpain said.

NORTH RANDALL AVENUE

Trespassing

MPD officers responded to a call reporting a burglary in progress Wednesday morning when a resident at a multi-unit apartment building saw a man entering a laundry room using a screwdriver, an MPD report said.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a 43-year-old man with no permanent address who officers called a “chronic violator of trespass to various buildings in the downtown area.” This was not the man’s first time concealing himself in the laundry room where he was found.

The building’s manager said the homeless man “startles and frightens residents.”

VERONA ROAD

Theft

A 15-year-old boy was arrested for battery and theft March 1 after MPD officers were able to identify the suspect from surveillance video on a Madison Metro bus, an MPD report said.

The suspect allegedly stole an iPod Touch from a passenger on a Metro bus Feb. 22 and later punched the victim in the face when the victim tried to obtain his property, DeSpain said.

When the suspect tried to exit the bus, the driver refused to allow the boy to leave. The suspect then climbed out an emergency window, DeSpain said.

“It has been key for us in solving numerous crimes that take on buses that Metro has surveillance cameras and video on Metro buses,” DeSpain said.

COMMERCE DRIVE

Theft

The Menards store located at 430 Commerce Dr. reported a retail theft spree involving swapping barcodes between items, a MPD report said.

The most recent theft took place Feb. 28, when a man came into the store and purchased a radiant heat pump that would normally cost $769 but instead only paid $189 because of a switched out barcode, the report said.

A loss prevention officer for Menards told MPD similar crimes have taken place earlier in the year at two other Menards locations in Madison and in Monona.

PIPING ROCK ROAD

Intoxicated Driver

A 46-year-old Madison woman was arrested for fourth offense drunken driving Sunday evening after an MPD officer saw the woman’s car swerving along Piping Rock Road, an MPD report said.

The woman was driving about 15 mph without headlights heading northbound on Chapel Hill Road before turning onto Piping Rock, the report said.

In some instances, fourth offense drunken driving is considered a felony in Wisconsin, DeSpain told The Badger Herald.