Madhatters patron wields knife following tabletop shuffleboard game

Police arrested a man for brandishing a knife and inciting a bar fight at Madhatters Wednesday evening, according to a police report.

Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in the report 27-year-old Carlo Walkes pulled a knife on three men in their late twenties to mid-thirties after a game of tabletop shuffleboard he was playing with them “enraged” the suspect.

The incident occurred at approximately 11:08 p.m. at Madhatters, a bar located at 322 W. Gorham St., according to DeSpain.

Police were called when Walkes refused to leave the bar after being asked to by the bartender, according to the report. Police arrested Walkes on charges of armed and disorderly conduct and resisting and obstructing arrest.