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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...

Chalet Gardens Court Armed Robbery & Arrest

Incident Type: Armed Robbery

Incident Date: 3/10/22

Date of Release: 3/11/22

Case Number: FP22-04713

Arrested: Trokon Karnga, 39, of Fitchburg

Completed By: Lt. Edward Hartwick

Details:

A Fitchburg man was ar...

Officer Injured During Arrest

On March 1, 2022, around 6:15 p.m., officers from the Fitchburg Police Department responded to the 4500 block of Thurston Lane for a report of a disturbance.  When officers arrived on scene they contacted Edgar G. Ceballos Alfaro and determined h...