UW-Madison Police Department officers arrested a 19-year-old Madison man they say robbed a woman early Saturday morning.
Jerry Lee Jones Hoffman snatched the 21-year-old Madison woman’s purse as she and her friends were walking home around 3:20 a.m. on the 400 block of West Dayton Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
Police said one of the victim’s friends chased after Hoffman but abandoned the pursuit in the East Johnson Street area.
UWPD officers resumed the chase and arrested Hoffman, according to police.
Police have not found the woman’s purse and said it was likely lost during the chase. 300 block of West Johnson Street, involved a 22-year-old.
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