Officers responded to a four-car crash on South Stoughton Road on Friday afternoon that led to the arrest of a 62-year-old man on a charge of fifth offense drunken driving, according to the Madison Police Department.

Police said Jimmie Flowers said his brakes went out causing him to rear-end a car stopped in front of him on the 1700 block of South Stoughton Road at about 5:30 p.m.

The collision caused a chain reaction as two additional stopped vehicles were impacted, police said.

The investigating officer tested Flowers' brakes and said they were functional.

Flowers faces charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, following too closely, operating after revocation and no insurance, police said.

A home on Madison's far east side was targeted by vandals early Monday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.

Police said they were called to a home on Merryturn Road after a woman hear a loud noise at about 3 a.m. on Monday. The woman said she went back to sleep, but when she woke up in the morning, she found that someone had fired a series of paintballs at her front door. 

Parts of the East District have recently experienced an uptick in vandalism, and many cases involve paintballs, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said in a news release.

Since mid-December, there have been a couple of dozen property damage reports, taken by officers, with parked vehicles and homes both being hit by paintballs, DeSpain said.

Most cases have occurred near North Stoughton Road, East Buckeye Road, Cottage Grove Road and North Thompson Drive, police said.

A 14-year-old Madison girl was arrested Monday morning for an attack on a 12-year-old girl that took place in the East Towne Mall parking lot around 6 p.m. on Dec. 29.

The victim had been the subject of threats posted on Facebook, police said. She told police the two people were acquainted with each other.

During the attack, the girl was pulled to the ground by her hair and repeatedly punched in the face, suffering a bloody face, a swollen forehead and a scraped knee, police said.

Police said the victim did not fight back.

The 14-year-old girl faces a battery charge, police said.