Police arrested 21-year-old Francisco Martinez late Monday night after he allegedly threw a bottle of
beer at a worker of a restaurant on the 200 block of Gilman Street, and drove away intoxicated afterward.

According the the Madison Police
Department statement, Martinez threw the bottle at around 9:30 p.m., and
the bottle nearly hit the worker at Los Gemelos restaurant. Shards
of glass landed on two restaurant patrons, the statement said.

After receiving a description of the
suspect and his vehicle, MPD was able to track him down
in his pulled-over vehicle near where the incident had occurred, the
statement said. The statement said the suspect was intoxicated, had empty beer bottles
in his car and claimed he had thrown the bottle because bottles had
been thrown at his car by others.

According to MPD, the
restaurant worker did not know the suspect, so the incident was most
likely random.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said
she has not noticed a recent crime or drunk driving increase in the area.

“Things tend to be relatively quiet
at this time of year,” Maniaci said. “I think this was a random
and isolated act.”

She
said crime in the area usually peaks during warmer months and
weekends that correlate to sporting events. She said this incident is very unusual,
but issues of drunk driving are never something that should be seen
as “normal.”

Maniaci said she thought someone was
targeting his vehicle.

“When there’s alcohol involved, the
reasons why people do what they do can vary substantially,” Maniaci
said.