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Post Road Shots Fired

Incident Type: Shots Fired

Incident Date: 3/21/23

Release Date: 3/21/2023

Incident number: FP23-06299

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

 Details:

Around 2 a.m. this morning, Fitchburg officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fir...

Multiple Stolen Vehicle Reports

Incident Type: Multiple Stolen Vehicles

Release Date: 3/11/23

Incident Date(s): 3/10/23 & 3/11/23

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Incident Details:

The Fitchburg Police Department is investigating multiple reports of vehicle th...

Man Sentenced for 2021 Shots Fired Incident

Incident Type: Shots Fired Sentencing

Release Date: 3/6/23

Original Incident Date: 5/11/21

Incident Number: FP21-7909

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Incident Details:

Last week, a 26-year-old man was sentenced to prison for his rol...

Recklessly Endangering Safety Incident & Request for Assistance

Incident Type: Recklessly Endangering Safety & Request for Assistance

Original Incident Date: 2/2/2023

Arrest Date: 2/16/2023

Release Date: 2/21/2023

Incident number: FP23-02716/FP23-03965

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details:

Detectives from th...

Fatal Traffic Crash - Fish Hatchery Road and Cahill Main

Incident Type: Fatal Traffic Crash

Incident Date: 2/12/2023

Release Date: 2/13/2023

Incident number: FP23-03541

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy

Details:

Around 7:20 p.m. Sunday, February 12, 2023, Fitchburg officers and emergency personnel responded to the sou...

Intoxicated Driver Attempts to Elude Officers

Incident Type: Traffic Stop

Incident Date: 1/21/2023

Release Date: 1/24/2023

Incident number: FP23-01727

Arrested: Alexander J. Sandoval, 34, Oregon, WI

Charges: Attempt to Elude Officer, Operating While Intoxicated (4th offense), Operating with a Prohibited A...

South Syene Road Fatality Crash Update

UPDATED RELEASE (SECOND)

Incident Date: 1/3/2023

Release Date: 1/10/2023

Incident number: FP23-00129

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details: 

The investigation into last Tuesday’s fatal pedestrian traffic crash remains open and active. Inve...

Syene Road Closed Due to Accident Investigation

UPDATED RELEASE 

Incident Date: 1/3/2023

Release Date: 1/3/2023

Incident number: FP23-00129

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy

Details: 

On January 3, 2023 at approximately 6:34 a.m., Fitchburg Officers responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian acci...

2020 Shots Fired Incident Sentencing

Incident Type: Conviction & Sentencing

Arrested/Convicted Person: Juwan Wilson, 25

Original Incident Location: 2300 block of Post Road

Date of Original Incident: 10/22/2020

Date of Release: 12/21/22

Completed By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details:

Yesterday, Dane ...

High Ridge Trail Shooting Investigation Update

Updated Release Date: 12/15/22

Incident Date: 11/27/22

Original Release Date: 11/28/22

Incident number: FP22-21832

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details: 

A 29-year-old Fitchburg man made his initial appearance in Dane County Circuit Court ...

Shots Fired - Post Road

Incident Date: 12/4/22

Release Date: 12/4/22

Incident number: FP22-22283

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy

Details: 

The Fitchburg Police Department is investigating a disturbance that occurred in the 2400 block of Post Road which resulted in a shots f...

High Ridge Trail Shooting

Incident Date: 11/27/22

Release Date: 11/28/22

Incident number: FP22-21832

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details:

The Fitchburg Police Department is investigating a shooting from the weekend that left a man with non-life-threatening injuries.

Around 1:40 p....

Swan Creek Shots Fired Investigation Update

Incident Date: 11/22/22

Release Date: 11/23/22

Incident number: FP22-21575/FP22-18649

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, Fitchburg officers responded to the Nevin Springs Fish and Wildlife Area after receiving several reports of gunsh...

Telephone Scam

Incident Type: Telephone Scam

Incident Date: 10/28/2022

Release Date: 10/28/2022

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy 

Details: 

The Fitchburg Police Department has received multiple reports of an ongoing phone scam occurring within our city. Sca...

Update: Shots Fired Investigation

UPDATE

Incident Type: Shots Fired Investigation

Incident Date: 10/24/2022

Release Date: 10/25/2022

Incident number: FP22-19576

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy

As the investigation into this incident continued, two people were eventually arrested and taken to t...

Shots Fired Investigation

Incident Type: Shots Fired Investigation

Incident Date: 10/24/2022

Release Date: 10/24/2022

Incident number: FP22-19576

Prepared By: Lt. Andrew McCarthy

Details:

On Monday, October 24, 2022 at approximately 6:40 a.m., the Fitchburg Police Department re...

Update: Multiple Homes Struck By Gunfire

Incident Type: Shots Fired Investigation Update

Incident Date: 10/8/22 

Release Date: 10/10/22

Incident number: FP22-18649

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick   

The investigation into a series of homes struck by gunfire Saturday night ...

Multiple Homes Struck By Gunfire

Incident Type: Shots Fired 

Incident Date: 10/8/22 

Release Date: 10/9/22

Incident number: FP22-18649

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick  

Multiple homes in the Swan Creek neighborhood, which is adjacent to the Nevin Springs Fish and W...

Stolen Vehicle Recovery & Arrest

Incident Type: Stolen Vehicle Recovery & Arrest 

Incident Date: 8/5/22 

Release Date: 8/5/22 

Incident number: FP22-14718 

Arrested: 14-year-old male 

Charges: Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner’s...

Stolen Vehicle Arrest

Incident Type: Stolen Vehicle Arrest

Incident Date: 7/21/22

Release Date: 7/21/22

Incident number: FP22-13646

Arrested: Antoine Conley, 17, Madison

Charges: Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner’s Consent, Resisting/Obstructing an Officer

Prepared B...

Attempted Homicide Arrest

Incident Type: Attempted Homicide

Incident Date: 6/25/22

Release Date: 6/29/22

Incident number: FP22-11892

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Details:

A Fitchburg man has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide following a Saturday...

Highway 14 Fatal Traffic Crash

Incident Type: Fatal Traffic Crash

Incident Date: 5/25/22

Release Date: 5/26/22

Incident number: FP22-9769

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Details:

A twenty-seven-year-old man died in a traffic crash on Highway 14 in Fitchburg Wednesday night.&nb...

Scam Arrests

Incident Type: Scam/Theft Arrest

Incident Date: 5/11/22

Release Date: 5/12/22

Incident number: FP22-8811

Arrested: Elisa Trandafir, 43, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey – Theft by Misrepresentation

Inspector Szaz, 21, of Kirkwood, Washington &ndas...

Highway 14 Traffic Crash

Incident Type: Traffic Crash

Incident Date: 5/1/22

Release Date: 5/1/22

Incident number: FP22-8096

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Details: 

 A seventeen-year-old is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following an early mor...

Investigation Leads to State Charges and Two Federal Indictments

Incident Type: Charging Update

Incident Dates: 9/29/21 & 10/5/21

Release Date: 4/8/22 

Incident number: FP21-17954 

Prepared By: Lt. Edward Hartwick 

Details: 

Last week, a 28 year-old-man was charged in Dane County Circu...

Anton Drive Shots Fired & Arrest

Incident Type: Shots Fired/Arrest

Incident Date: 3/14/2022

Date of Release: 3/16/2022

Case Number: FP22-4865

Arrested: Miguel Fenne, 40, Madison

Completed By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details:

A Madison man appeared in Dan...