Two female UW-Madison students fended off a potential thief on West Mifflin Street in the early hours of March 18.
Police said the two 21-year-old victims were walking on North Broom Street just after 2 a.m. when a man approached them as they got to the 400 block of West Mifflin Street. The man did not speak to the women but put one victim in a headlock. The woman fell to the ground and the perpetrator began kicking her in the face and side then attempted to take her purse.
According to a police report, the woman began fighting back by kicking the perpetrator in his side while the other woman hit him repeatedly with her purse. When the women said they were going to call police, the perpetrator fled empty handed.
Police describe the perpetrator as an Asian or Latino male, 5'4\ to 5'5"" with a stocky build. He was last seen wearing a white-hooded sweatshirt.
