Madison police arrested a 21-year-old Madison man on the 500 block of North Lake Street early Sunday morning for punching another man several times in the face, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Officers spotted the suspect, Louis F. Miranda, and the victim in the middle of Langdon Street while on their routine patrol, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.
The victim accidentally bumped into Miranda, provoking the battery, according to the victim. The victim needed stitches for his injuries, DeSpain wrote in the report.
Police quickly apprehended Miranda for substantial battery.
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