A former Badger football player was arrested Friday for allegedly placing threatening phone calls to the UW Athletic Department.
Leonard J. Taylor, 32, was arrested in Indianapolis, Ind., by the city's police department in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
According to UWPD, it was reported that Taylor made threatening phone calls to a UW Athletic Department employee sometime within the past week. UWPD officials said the phone calls were made outside the Madison community, most likely from Indiana.
Taylor played for the Badgers from 1995 to 1998 and continued on to play for the professional Madison Mad Dogs indoor football team.
Prior to his arrest, signs had been placed on campus buildings that banned Taylor from all Athletic Department buildings.
Taylor was in the custody of the Indianapolis Police Department over the weekend, where he will stay until he is extradited to Wisconsin. According to UWPD, the extradition proceedings will begin this week.
