Three roommates tackled a suspected burglar and sat on him until police arrived after three suspects entered their Lathrop St. house and tried to steal electronics early Sunday morning, according to a city incident report.
Police took the 15-year-old male suspect, who had a laptop tucked in his pants, into custody at the scene, and two other suspects escaped, according to the report. Police also found a bag of stolen electronics that did not leave the scene.
One suspect was described as a 16 to 19-year-old white male with short blonde hair, and the other suspect was reported to be a black male in his mid-teens, the report said.
Seven male University of Wisconsin-Madison students age 20 to 21 live in the house, and they were at their neighbors’ house watching the Badger game when one of the roommates looked out the window and saw someone in their house, according to the report.
