Man dressed as cowboy arrested for exposing gun
A man dressed as a cowboy was arrested for disorderly conduct Sunday evening after revealing his silver handgun to a group of young teenagers.
Police said a Madison girl, 13, began to laugh while riding a Madison Metro bus Sunday afternoon when she noticed the man, 57, wearing a cowboy hat with a plastic item shaped like a male's genitals attached to it.
According to the report, the man noticed her giggling, pointed at her and then pointed at a holstered silver handgun on his hip.
The man "said something about not messing with him," police said.
Later that evening, the girl and a group of friends saw the man at a bus stop and he showed them the gun was missing key parts.
DeSpain said a citizen called police for having seen a weapon.
"The suspect told an officer he had the partial gun because it was Halloween," DeSpain said. "He also said something about ‘concealed carry passes next week.'"
Prank injures woman
A Mount Horub woman was injured after Madison residents pulled a prank Saturday night that left her with a "swollen, bruised and possibly broken big toe."
Police said several young men standing on a balcony in the 400 block of West Washington Avenue yelled at the woman and her friends to kick a large beer box on the sidewalk.
"The 22-year old woman took the bait and gave it a boot," Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. "It did not move and she immediately felt pain."
After the woman kicked it, her friend found a large cinder block inside the box, according to police.
Police said the crew on the balcony disappeared when police arrived. However, one 21-year-old resident of the building eventually approached the officers and admitted he was involved.
"He wanted to accept responsibility, as he felt badly that someone had been injured," DeSpain said
The man was cited for disorderly conduct.
Student hospitalized after fight
Police arrested a Muskego man, 19, after he punched a UW-Madison student in the face early Saturday morning on the 100 Block of N. Park Street.
Police said the victim, 20, ended up in the hospital with a cut face that needed several stitches.
Police said there were two versions of the incident leading up to the violence. According to the suspect, a friend of his was nearly beat up by the victim's group and thus he delivered a single blow to defend his friend.
However, a friend of the victim said the suspect bumped into him, according to police.
According to the report, "heated words" were exchanged, and the victim's friend said the student stepped in between him and the suspect at the same time the punch was thrown.
"[The student's friend] said he was shocked, and started following the suspect as he tried to walk away," Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
