Information For Our Residents from the Town of Madison

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Ochalla Drive Closure

Ochalla Drive will be closed from March 9, 2023, through May 15, 2023, to accommodate road construction.  Please see link to map for location of closure. Vehicles will not be able to get through the construction area.  Please use other r...

Apartment Fire in Fitchburg

Incident Type: Structure Fire 

Incident Date: 2/26/2023

Release Date: 2/26/2023

Prepared By: Kim Miller, Fire Administrative Services Manager

At approximately 3:45pm Sunday afternoon, February 26, 2023, Dane County Public Safety Communications (911) ...

Apartment Fire in Fitchburg - Update

Incident Type: Structure Fire 

Incident Date: 5/17/22

Release Date: 5/19/22

Prepared By: Deputy Chief Chad Grossen 

Officials have determined an apartment fire in Fitchburg, which claimed the life of a male resident, was accidental.

At approx...

Apartment Fire in Fitchburg

Incident Type: Structure Fire 

Incident Date: 5/17/22

Release Date: 5/18/22

Prepared By: Deputy Chief Chad Grossen 

At approximately 11:55 pm Tuesday, May 17, 2022, Dane County Public Safety Communications (911) notified the Fitchbu...

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...

Oregon Road Armed Robbery and Arrest

Incident Type: Armed Robbery/Arrest

Incident Date: 3/18/2022

Arrest Date: 3/23/2022

Date of Release: 3/23/2022

Case Number: FP22-5238

Arrested: Katoine Richardson, 19, Town of Madison

Completed By: Lt. Edward Hartwic...

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...