Madison Police Department responded to a ‘Cart Rage’ fight Friday afternoon at Woodman’s Markets, according to an incident report.
Fifty-three-year-old Pervis Phillips of Madison was shopping at the grocery store located on the east side of the city when he believed another customer broke line etiquette, MPD Sgt. Paul Jacobsen wrote in the report.
Phillips began running his cart into the back of the other customer and threatened to knock him out, according to the report. He then punched the other customer and knocked him to the ground.
The suspect left his food and cart at the scene and fled before police arrived, Jacobsen wrote in the report. Officers identified Phillips from witness accounts and video of the disturbance.
MPD located the ‘Cart Rage’ suspect at his home and arrested him for battery. According to the report, officers then took him to the Dane County Jail.
