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Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
An arrest has been made in the suspicious death of an 83-year-old Village of Benton woman late last month, the Lafayette Co. Sheriff’s Office reported.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Nick Viviani
A Janesville eighth grader is accused of making terroristic threats after witnesses spotted concerning behavior.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
A federal grand jury has indicted a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of threatening people at the school, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Madison’s east side after he got into a fight with a woman while he was armed early Wednesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Charlie Hildebrand
The Madison Police Department (MPD) arrested a man after he attempted to smash out a window of Teddywedgers late Tuesday night.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:55 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The Madison Police Department is crediting an anonymous tipster with helping them find the suspect accused of attacking two people at a laundromat.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
A federal judge did not grant bond to Arvin Raj Mathur on Tuesday, four days after his arrest at a Detroit-area airport after traveling from Copenhagen.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Netflix aired “Making a Murderer” series in 2015.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:57 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
Seven thefts were reported in one night, the Sheriff’s Office says.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Charlie Hildebrand
The Madison Police Department (MPD) arrested a Madison man after a woman reported him circling her house and looking inside.
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Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:04 PM CDT
|By Rick Callahan
Arvin Raj Mathur, 32, was in Michigan’s St. Clair County Jail on Sunday following his arrest after traveling from Copenhagen,.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:29 PM CDT
|By Juliana Tornabene
Police arrested a man at a downtown Madison hotel after he was allegedly intoxicated and causing a disturbance in a hallway.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:25 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
She allegedly went on to spit on people at the shelter as well as officers trying to take her into custody.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
One person was arrested in connection with the fight, Madison police said.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:30 AM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The baby was still with him at the time.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 3:45 PM CST
|By Camberyn Kelley
Five cars were reported stolen from the City of Madison Police Department-North District and taken from either Leopold Way, Pike Drive, or Whispering Pines Way overnight Friday and into Saturday morning.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 3:03 PM CST
|By Abigail Leavins
The Monona Police Department tried to stop two cars in a Countywide Stolen Auto Recovery Initiative on March 2, and both fled, according to a press release from the City of Monona.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:54 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Charvis Blue was found and arrested in Milwaukee, the Madison Police Dept. reported.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:44 PM CST
|By Juliana Tornabene
Officers found two loaded guns in the car.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 3:45 PM CST
|By Gillian Rawling
A 49-year-old and 73-year-old man were arrested last Friday after police searched their residence, finding child pornography and a firearm, Sauk Co. Officials said.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:27 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The marijuana and mushrooms allegedly seized in a Monroe Co. drug bust spanned two long tables.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:24 AM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The suspect has been charged homicide by intoxicated use of a firearm.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:09 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Two young teens were arrested on Tuesday after members of the Madison Police Department’s Crime Abatement Team found them in an apartment on the city’s far east side.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 10:22 AM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The Madison Police Department are asking the public for help identifying two people who are accused of stealing a wallet from the purse of a woman eating at a restaurant on the city’s east side.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:39 PM CST
|By Gillian Rawling
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sentenced a Chicago man Tuesday that was found guilty of possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 2:52 PM CST
|By Charlie Hildebrand
The Madison Police Department (MPD) arrested a man after he allegedly punched a bus driver and spit on passengers in Madison last Friday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:05 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
A 26-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were booked on multiple drug counts, the police department reported.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 8:12 PM CST
|By Charlie Hildebrand
A Madison Police Department K-9 unit helped officers find and arrest a suspect hiding in a shed.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:35 AM CST
|By Nick Viviani
A crash involving a Madison Police Dept. cruiser led to the arrest of a 37-year-old man on an operating while intoxicated count, the police dept. reported.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 10:08 AM CST
|By Gillian Rawling
The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation after officers found an unresponsive elderly person in the Village of Benton who was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 4:41 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani and Gillian Rawling
Janesville Police Department said there is no danger to the community after a chase with a vehicle previously involved in a shots fired incident Friday evening.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 3:45 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Two men were taken into custody on Friday after authorities in Sauk Co. served a search warrant at a Baraboo home.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The Madison Police Department has located the vehicle belonging to a man who was thrown into the snow as the SUV was being stolen.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 1:06 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Ten shell casings were found Thursday after officers returned to the scene of an overnight shots fired call.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:20 AM CST
|By WBAY news staff
The attorney says the judge was a witness to Taylor Schabusiness's attack on her previous defense attorney last month.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Juliana Tornabene
When the driver got out of the vehicle, the passenger shifted into the driver’s seat and drove away.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 9:48 PM CST
|By Elizabeth Wadas
This week marks 25 years since a south-central Wisconsin priest was found dead in the halls of Saint Michael’s parish and school.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 3:56 PM CST
|By Juliana Tornabene
After they returned his clothing, MPD stated that the suspect allegedly attacked the victims.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 12:40 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The 31-year-old man was booked into the Dane Co. jail on multiple drug and weapons-related counts.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 11:41 AM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Madison police received reports that the stolen car was seen driving recklessly while its occupants pointed guns out of the vehicle.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:23 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
An update is expected Monday on last week’s deadly confrontation at a convenience store on Madison’s east side.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 4:39 PM CST
|By Michelle Baik
A Beloit man faces several tentative charges related to driving while intoxicated and possessing cocaine.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:42 PM CST
|By By The Associated Press
Prosecutors have charged two Milwaukee police officers in connection with a prisoner's overdose death
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:41 PM CST
|By By The Associated Press
A Wisconsin man has been charged with attempted homicide after authorities say he tried to kill his mother with a hammer
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 1:09 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
Amanda Meade, 41, is accused of stealing money from a Belleville senior center.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 12:06 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
He allegedly told a 911 dispatcher he was going to get his gun and “start shooting people" because he believed a tree was going to be cut down.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 7:06 PM CST
|By Juliana Tornabene and Gillian Rawling
In an update Wednesday, MPD said the vehicle is most likely a blue 2008-2012 Chevrolet Malibu.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 3:06 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The 47-year-old suspect “made a variety of excuses why he was inside the home,” police said.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 12:06 PM CST
|By Nick Viviani
The suspect in an attempted armed robbery in Sun Prairie was captured several hours after he allegedly tried to hold up a McDonald’s using its drive-thru window.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:49 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
A 5-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found, Milwaukee police said.