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City Council recognized local heroes Tuesday night

Madison City Council recognized two people as heroes at Tuesday night?s City Council meeting.

James Lofton and Sadie Villegas were honored for stopping a suicide attempt at Monona Terrace.

Villegas noticed a woman she was working with acting unusual and followed her outside where she pulled the woman off the railing.

Lofton, a homeless veteran, heard cries for help and assisted in restraining the woman until police arrived.

Villegas and Lofton say they hope their actions will urge people to watch out for others.

?I really hope that people take our situation and what happened with us and carry that with them and think about when they may run into somebody that they see that need a little bit of extra help,?









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2 teenagers arrested in connection to battery at East Towne Mall, officials say

Two Madison teenagers were arrested Friday in connection to a June 6 battery at East Towne Mall, according to a release.

Three young women are accused of jumping two of their peers in the East Towne Mall parking lot, according to the release.

The victims told police the suspects repeatedly punched and kicked them while the other suspects watched, according to the release.

One victim told officers she received a minor concussion as a result of the attacks, according to the release.

Officials say it was not clear what motivated the suspects, although one suspect mentioned she only knows the victims through Facebook.

Men arrested for carrying firearms, heroin

A Madison police officer arrested two men Sunday after noticing they were carrying a firearm.

Albert Landrum, 25, and Zachary Meyer, 26, were in a vehicle, sitting at the PDQ gas station on Northport Drive at around 3:22 p.m.

An officer saw a Glock 10 mm semi-automatic pistol with a scope sitting in plain view on Landrum's lap and called for backup as he held the men at gunpoint.

Police said as Landrum got out of the vehicle, he tried to throw away a baggie of heroin.

Police said neither suspect was permitted to carry a firearm.

Both face charges of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Landrum also faces a charge of possessing with an intent to deliver heroin. Meyer faces possessing drug paraphernalia and bail jumping charges.

Meyer told police the firearm was his.

Shooting victim identified, husband talking to police

The Madison woman killed in an east side homicide case is identified as Julia Stacey Majette, according to the Dane County medical examiner.

Majette, 25, was killed Wednesday evening in the 700 block of North Thompson Drive. Her husband Daunte Vance, 34, was injured. Police believe the case to be a homicide and attempted homicide.

The medical examiner said Majette died from the gunfire wounds.

Police said Vance is talking to officers about the case after refusing to cooperate with investigators the day after the shooting. He was shot numerous times and hospitalized.

Court documents show Vance listed Majette as his wife back in 2007. A criminal complaint from the same year indicates he was shot during an armed burglary and robbery in Fitchburg.

Neighbor Dean McLaughlin said police routinely patrol the area.�

"If makes me feel like there's no real safe neighborhood, generally it's a quiet neighborhood on a very busy street," said McLaughlin.

Madison music legend to receive achievement award

Madison music legend to receive achievement award

Madison-area musicians are applauding one of their own this summer for a lifetime of musical achievement.

Michael Leckrone, University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band director, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award June 23. The Madison Area Music Association will present the award to Leckrone at the Capital Theater at 6 p.m.

Leckrone, in his 44th directing year at UW-Madison, is known as an arranger, composer and performer across the nation, and has been named one of 10 Madison musical legends by Madison Magazine.

Tickets to the event can be purchased at the Overture Center Box Office or online at http://bit.ly/14d0SQK.

Shooting victim not cooperating with police

Madison police said the man injured in a shooting Wednesday isn?t cooperating with officers investigating the murder of his wife.

Police said they believe two men entered a home in the 700 block of North Thompson Drive Wednesday just before 8 p.m. A 25-year-old woman was shot and killed, and her 34-year-old husband suffered numerous gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital, according to police. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

No motive for the homicide has been established.

There were three young children, all under the age of 7, in the home at the time of the shootings, according to police.

"There were three children in the house," said Joel DeSpain, Madison police public information officer. "Their mother was shot and killed. Their father was shot numerous times."

Police say the case is a homicide and attempted homicide.

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Police release image of convenience store robber

Madison police are releasing the image of an armed robber after an east side convenience store was held up earlier this week.

Police were called to the PDQ Food Store at 4402 E. Buckeye Rd. at 11:58 p.m. on Tuesday for a report of a robbery.

The robber displayed an older-model revolver-style handgun and demanded money from the clerk, according to police. The man fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money.

The robber is described as black, in his mid-40s, 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall, weighing 185-200 pounds, with black and gray hair, a gray goatee and wearing a gray sweatshirt with over-sized blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Madison Police Department.