The information provided below is about some of the calls officers responded to over the last twenty-four (24) hours. Most narratives represent early and preliminary information that was gathered from those in the field who were actively working the cases. In many instances, facts and circumstances, even the type of crime listed, can change as the investigation unfolds.
From 6:00 a.m. on 05/10/2023 through 6:00 a.m. on 05/11/2023, MPD received 434 calls for service. This number does not include parking complaints or 911 misdials. A breakdown of the calls for service per district is as follows: Central (86),East (97), Midtown (62), North (85), South (46), West (48), and Other (10). "Other" is used for calls that either do not have a sector or the sector is not in the City. This would be used in the case of one of our officers assisting another law enforcement agency.
05/10
Priority calls only from 10:18 a.m. to 10:37 a.m. due to calls for service.
Priority calls only from 7:55 p.m. to 9:01 p.m. due to calls for service.
EAST: Threats Complaint – 9:04 a.m. Officers responded to a threats complaint at LaFollette High School. Investigation continuing.
EAST: Death Investigation – 9:45 a.m. Officers responded to a residence for a report of a deceased subject (83-year-old male). Medical Examiner's office responded. Nothing suspicious identified.
NORTH: Information – 10:07 a.m. A warning message was activated inadvertently at a medical clinic about an active shooter. Officers responded and determined it was a technical issue.
CENTRAL: Domestic Disturbance – 12:56 p.m. Officers responded to a disturbance involving a 23-year-old male subject (not on scene when officers arrived). Probable cause developed to arrest the subject once he is located.
CENTRAL: Death Investigation – 2:51 p.m. Officers responded to a residence for a deceased subject (59-year-old male). Medical Examiner's office responded. Decedent has extensive medical/health concerns. Nothing suspicious identified at this time.
NORTH: Assist EMS – 4:14 p.m. Officers responded to assist EMS with a patient who they were transporting to a clinic but who became uncooperative and started to walk away. The subject was exhibiting extreme paranoia and refused to go in an ambulance or a squad car. Officers and EMS walked about 2 miles to get the subject to the clinic without incident. The subject was left in the care of medical staff and officers disengaged.
WEST: Domestic Disturbance – 5:27 p.m. Officers responded to a disturbance involving a 19-year-old female subject. The subject was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct while armed.
CENTRAL: Domestic Disturbance – 5:34 p.m. Officers responded to a disturbance involving a 23-year-old female subject (not on scene when officers arrived). Probable cause developed to arrest the subject on domestic-related charges once she is located. *The subject turned herself in and was booked in at the jail.
SOUTH: Domestic Disturbance – 6:08 p.m. Officers responded to a disturbance involving a 26-year-old female subject. The subject was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct (2 counts), criminal damage to property, outstanding warrants and a probation violation.
WEST: Death Investigation – 7:06 p.m. Officers responded to a report of a subject (76-year-old male) down in his yard. The subject was found beyond help. Medical Examiner's office responded. Nothing suspicious identified.
NORTH: Adult Arrested Person – 8:54 p.m. A driver/vehicle almost struck a squad car in a parking lot. Contact was made with two subjects (29-year-old male subject and 37-year-old female subject). Both subjects were people of interest in an armed robbery. The subjects were detained. The vehicle was towed. Both subjects were subsequently arrested and transported to jail (exact charges not known at the time of this writing).
EAST: Armed Robbery – 11:28 p.m. A victim reported two male subjects approached her in a vehicle and yelled at her to get out of the car. A gun was observed. The vehicle was stolen. Monona PD observed the vehicle later on and attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle was located crashed and unoccupied on the Beltline between Rimrock Road and Park St. Vehicle towed. Investigation continuing.
05/11
Priority calls only from 12:39 a.m. to 2:36 a.m. due to calls for service.
NORTH: Information – 1:08 a.m. Two subjects (male and female) reported they were walking down Monterey Drive (not their neighborhood) at approximately 1 a.m. and that three male subjects walked past them with no words spoken. The male subject told the female subject he thought he had been stabbed. The male subject was transported to a local hospital for a stab wound. Very limited information provided by the two subjects. Investigation continuing.
EAST: Non-Residential Burglary – 4:07 a.m. Officers responded to a business after the owner reported observing a van on security cameras on premises and that the van observed was involved in previous break-ins. Officers arrived and contacted a 40-year-old female subject. The subject was arrested for burglary, possession of burglarious tools, felony bail jumping and municipal trespassing.