Here’s the latest

Here’s the latest...

Residential Burglaries

5200 Oak Valley Dr on 1/24/03 between 11am-2pm. Rear patio door pried; Dell desktop CPU, 2 Sony camcorders, Sony digital camera taken.
4900 Camden Rd on 2/5/03 at 8pm. Resident returned to apt to find a teenager inside. Resident confronted suspect at the door as he tried to leave and held onto him. Victim asked neighbor to hold suspect while he phoned police; suspect broke free and fled. Suspect: M/W, 14-15yrs, 5'4", 150#, wearing black jacket, dark stocking cap.

Commercial Burglaries

Time Plus, 4686 Cottage Grove Rd on 1/23/03 at 2am. Officers responded to alarm. Front glass door smashed out. Glass display cases broken; approx. 40 Citizen and Seiko watches taken.
Main Appliance, 2050 S. Stoughton Rd on 1/22/03 overnight. Front entrance window broken out; glass curio cabinet broken and contents (approx. 18 camcorders) taken. Approx. 15 DVD players also taken.
Attempted B&E from Construction site at 800 Carina Ln on 1/31/03 overnight. Evidence of an attempt to cut lock off secured construction trailer door. Second trailer on site had the lock cut off. Unknown if anything missing.
Attempted B&E Non-Residential at Farm & Fleet, 2202 S. Stoughton Rd. on 2/2/03 at 1AM. Officers responded to alarm. Footprints located in snow indicated someone had entered secure lot to the rear of building and tried door setting off alarm. Officers returned at a later time (on 2/3/03) when a second door was located on the north side of the building (still within secure lot area) with damage from attempts to pry open.
Artisan Gift Shop, 4116 Monona Dr on 2/5/03 overnight. Front glass door and window smashed out; cash taken.

Thefts

Theft from Auto at 500 Westwood Ct on 1/22/03 between 9:20-9:45pm. Window broken out; numerous CD's and small amount of coin currency taken. Ex-boyfriend possible suspect.
Theft from Auto at Park & Ride on 1/29/03 overnight. Rear passenger side tire and rim removed from '02 Pontiac Grand Am; vehicle left on cinder block.
Theft from Auto at 400 N. Walbridge Ave on 1/30/03 between 12:30am-11:30pm. Door handle broken off; Sony CD player taken.
Theft from Auto at Park & Ride between 1/24/03-1/26/03. Window smashed; JVC CD stereo taken.
CDTP/Auto at Park & Ride. When investigating above case, officer located a second vehicle with a broken out window. Stereo was intact; unknown if anything taken.
Theft at Jacobus Quick Flash, 3715 Lexington Ave on 1/25/03 overnight. Two soda machines in front of business had bill changer broken out and money taken.
Theft at Midwest Wholesale Materials, 4610 Pflaum Rd on 1/28/03 at 12:30pm. Suspect entered store and hid a $400 Hitachi pneumatic nailer under jacket and left when owner was preoccupied assisting another customer. Suspect: M/W, 30-40 yrs, 6', 250#, heavy, lg. black greasy hair, facial stubble, wearing black jacket w/ "Fat Albert" (written in white script) on back. Vehicle: Red Dodge Dakota, red topper w/ white writing.
Theft from Auto at CRI Repossessing, 4905 Dutch Mill Rd between 2/2/03-2/5/03. 2 vehicles in lot damaged and Sony stereo taken from one. Owner has "chased off" vehicles that do belong on lot.
Theft from autos, LaFollette H.S., 2/5, between 1:30p-3p. Two vehicles parked next to each other. Window broken in one, window frame pried in other. Stereos and misc. items taken.

Damage to Property

Damaged truck at 6159 Dell Dr on 1/24/03 overnight. Company truck (Terra Eng & Construction) parked in front of residence, spray painted in black and blue paint, "ludacris", "dick", "cop" and a profanity.
Damaged car at 6119 Culpepper Ln on 1/24/03 overnight. '92 Ford Tempo spray painted with blue paint (profanity) "cop" and other illegible words.
Graffitti at Service Electric, 718 Walsh Rd on 1/24/03 overnight. "Solo" spray painted in green and blue on building.
Graffitti at Stearns Packaging, 925 Walsh Rd on Jan. 24-27. 30' X 10' in size "SOLO" or "SALO" in green and blue paint. Also (profanity) "the Police" next to tag.
Damaged auto, Park & Ride, 2/6, 7a-5p, Car hit with pink paint balls. No other damage. Backpack left near car containing misc. clothing.

Sexual Assault

Occurred at Hawthorne Library, 2707 E. Washington Ave on 1/29/03. Victim is a cognitively disabled adult female. Victim entered bathroom with a man who contacted her at the library. Suspect was a M/B, 30's, 5'5", 200-250#, short black hair, wearing blue or black jacket, 2 pairs of pants, dk. blue knit cap (clothing described as "older"), raspy voice, yellow teeth, smelled of alcohol.

Officer Greg Rossetti, who normally rides this beat, recognized the description as someone he had past contacts with. Off. Rossetti provided the suspect's name and probable location to the Detective working the case. The man was arressted for the assault. Great work by Officer Rossetti.

The Hawthorne Library had contacted us at about the same time, to let us know they were having ongoing problems with men coming into the library with alcohol and food. The men sometimes went into the bathroom and drank alcohol. The men often loitered in the lobby of the library as well. The beat officer met with library staff to put a plan in place to deal with these men.

Super Bowl Day Drunk Driver

Off. Witalison was sent to a report of a car off the road on Hwy 12&18 between Stoughton Rd. and the Interstate at 11:40pm. The car was some distance off the road. Someone driving by happened to see the car's lights among some small trees. Off. Witalison found the female driver still in the car and unharmed. Her only concern was that she couldn't find her car keys.

These are a few of the statements she made to Off. Witalison.

She could not recall what happened before the accident but did not believe she was driving because "I wouldn't drive off the road into some $#@% weeds."
She had been drinking "all night" at a West side bar, but was not intoxicated.
She does not know how she ended up East of Hwy 51, since that's where she turns off to go home and stated it was not possible that she just missed the exit.
"Why am I am trouble and my passengers aren't?" Before and after this statement the woman had told the officer that she had been alone.
She stated the police were "making a big @%# deal out of nothing". "Somebody's probably being raped right now and you're all down here making a big deal out of this."
The woman was arrested for drunk driving and tested .25, two and one half times the legal limit.

BMW Stolen by Juvenile

On Jan. 23, a man left his jacket in an unsecured locker at the YMCA. In his jacket pocket was $80 and the keys to his 2002 BMW. When he returned to the locker, the jacket and money were still there but his car keys and car were gone. On the next day, the East High School Officer Sue Carnell heard rumors of a student stealing a BMW. She contacted the 16 yr old boy, and he eventually admitted to the theft. The boy stated that when he went to the locker room, he opened the unsecured locker, and saw the car keys in the jacket pocket. When he saw that the keys had a remote, which would make it easy to locate the car, he decided to steal the car. The car was recovered near East High.

Arsons in East District

Arson at 1101 MacArthur Rd on 1/25/03 at 2:40am. Pile of unknown articles started on fire in the bed of victim's pickup truck.
Arson at 923 Rockefeller Ln. on Jan. 25 at 3:30 am, Officers responded to a report of a dumpster fire.
Arson at Holiday Inn, 3841 E. Washington Ave at 3:45am. Exterior (originating from near gas cap) of fleet car belonging to American Family Ins started on fire. Holiday Inn security observed suspect fleeing area.
Arson at 1406 Watridge Ct. on 1/25/03 at 3:15pm. Brochures were removed, ignited and then placed back in the realtor box attached to the real estate sign posted in front of the residence.

Traffic Enforcement

Off. Bob Veatch reports the following enforcement:

Hwy 12......4 citations, 1 warning
800-900 Fair Oaks Av.....1 citation
E. Washington Ave......8 citations, 2 warnings
3400 Atwood Av....12 citations (Team enforcement)
4200-4300 Buckeye Rd.....1 warning
10-100 S. Fair Oaks......1 citation, 1 warning
100 S. Stoughton...... no violations
100-300 Swanton......3 citations, 1 warning
3000 E. Washington....1 citation

Off. Rudy Natera reports the following enforcement:

E. Washington.....13 citations
Swanton Rd.....6 citations
1200 Acewood....No violations
N. Stoughton Rd.....1 citation
Monona Dr........2 citations
Milwaukee St......2 citations
S. Fair Oaks......1 warning
Waubesa........1 citation
3300 Atwood.....17 citations (Team enforcement)
Milwaukee and E. Washington....2 citations
Milwaukee and Swanton.......2 citations
Cottage Grove and Vernon.....2 citations
4800 Cottage Grove Rd........10 citations (Team enforcement)

Phone Scam (Reprinted from the North District Newsletter)

I verified some of this information is true with a security representative from a local provider. The 90# is a scam that works on business or hospital phones, for instance. It involves a telephone call from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician who is conducting a test on telephone lines. He states that to complete the test. The customer should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up.

Luckily, this citizen was suspicious and refused. Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, if you are a business, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your phone number.

I was further informed that this scam has been originating from many local jails/prisons. I have also verified this information with UCB Telecom, Pacific Bell, MCI, Bell Atlantic and GTE. Please beware. If you have a business phone, DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE.

Now, the comparable scam for residential telephone service is to have the person answering the phone press *72 during the phone conversation. That will forward your phone line to the suspect's line. That gives them access to make local and long distance phone calls from their location. The security representative said when that feature is in operation you will hear a "chirping" noise when the phone would normally ring. To remove this feature you would enter *73.

The best advice is to call your telephone company if you have any questions or visit their website.

That's all for now. Hope you are all surviving the cold temperatures.

Be careful. Be safe.

Captain Jilene Klubertanz

East Police District

Madison Police Department