Police Incident Reports

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Incident Report for Case #2012-153451

Incident Type

Robbery

Incident Date

06/05/2012 - 11:31 AM

Address

201 S. Gammon Rd. (outside of Memorial High School)

Arrested

Male, age 16, Madison
Male, age 16, Madison
Teens were arrested and tentatively charged with Strong-Armed Robbery.

Victim(s)

Male, age 72, Madison

Details

A 72 year old Madison voter who uses a walker to get around, was mugged around 11:30 a.m. while on his way to vote at the Lussier Community Education Center, 55 S Gammon Rd. The victim was on a sidewalk outside of nearby Memorial High School, 201 S. Gammon Rd., when he was pushed hard from behind. He fell and two 16-year old suspects stole his wallet. School surveillance video was used to help identify the robbers. Both are students at Memorial and they were arrested inside the school. The stolen wallet was recovered from a bathroom. The victim was taken to a medical clinic to get checked out but was not seriously injured.

Released 06/05/2012 at 3:47 PM by PIO Joel DeSpain

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