Cop, citizen save person from locked, burning car seconds before it goes up in flames, Madison police say
An officer and a citizen saved a person from a locked and burning car seconds before it went up in flames early Saturday morning, Madison police reported.
Police were dispatched just before 4 a.m. on a report of a person slumped in a car that was smoking and possibly on fire at the Walgreens in the 2900 block of East Washington Avenue, Lt. Kipp Hartman said in a statement.
The arriving officer reported that smoke covered East Washington Avenue and was coming out of the hood and engine compartment of the car, Hartman said.
The doors were locked and the driver was unable to get out on their own, so the officer broke the vehicle’s window to gain entry. The officer then reached across the driver to unbuckle the seatbelt as flames started to come out of the dashboard, Hartman said.
The officer and a citizen were able to pull the driver out and away just seconds before the car became fully engulfed in flames, Hartman said.
The driver was transported to a local hospital for treatment and the Madison Fire Department put the fire out, Hartman said.
More COVID-19 outbreaks in Wisconsin prisons top recent notable crime-related news
COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin prison system rise again; 7 simultaneous outbreaks
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Wisconsin prison system increased again Monday, with several outbreaks now totaling more than 1,700 active cases among inmates.
Since Sunday, 383 new cases were added to the state Department of Correction’s data dashboard, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began up to 4,729.
Reported kidnapping Downtown appears to have been ‘couple’s quarrel and fight,’ Madison police say
An incident Downtown on Halloween night that initially was reported as a kidnapping appeared to be a “couple’s quarrel and fight,” according to an eyewitness, Madison police reported.
Police took several calls Halloween night, including a few from the media, following a social media post that indicated someone “saw a girl get kidnapped” following an altercation between a man and woman in parking lot in the 400 block of West Gilman Street about 7:30 p.m., police spokesman Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
Narcotics investigation leads to $10,000 worth of drugs, arrest of Fitchburg man
Members of the task force seized $10,000 worth of drugs, $2,700 in cash, the gun and other evidence from 36-year-old Justin C. Miner’s apartment on the 1400 block of Whispering Pines Way at around 8:10 a.m. Thursday, Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. Miner was arrested on a parole hold.
Convenience store worker traded tobacco, money for nude pictures, sex with teen, Middleton police say
A convenience store worker is accused of trading tobacco and money for nude pictures and sex with a teen girl.
Mohd Abdul Mujeeb, 37, of Madison, was arrested Oct. 29 on tentative charges of repeated acts of sexual assault of a child, possession of child pornography, and child enticement, Middleton police Det. Lt. Darrin Zimmerman said.
Monticello man gets 42 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a felon
A Monticello man has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, reported.
Justin Wenger, 38, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday by federal Judge James Peterson, who also gave Wenger two years of supervised release.
Man charged with threatening to kill grandmother, misuse of her identity
State investigators have charged a DeForest man, who in the 1990s masqueraded as a congressman as part of a scam, with misusing the identities of others, including his grandmother, and threatening to kill his grandmother to force her to cheaply sell him her condominium.
A criminal complaint filed last week by the state Department of Justice states that DOJ’s Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse Unit began investigating Jason T. McDermott, 45, after his 82-year-old grandmother’s attorney became concerned he was taking advantage of her financially.
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