Residents in two Madison neighborhoods, dealing with crime and transportation problems, are asking for help from the Madison Common Council.

While students on the southeast side told the council Tuesday to approve a bus route extension to the Owl Creek neighborhood, Mayor Paul Soglin said a neighborhood center in the troubled southwest side Theresa Terrace community is a "high priority."

A group of LaFollette High School students from Owl Creek said they felt stuck and isolated, because there are no buses other than the ones they catch to and from school. They said they can't get to jobs or do after-school activities, and said they were envious of classmates with easy access to the bus.

"It makes me feel like they're more lucky than I am," said Julie Vue, a 17-year-old senior from the neighborhood. "I feel left out, -- they have more things to do, they can volunteer, they can do all this stuff."

Three men were arrested after a police investigation into an apartment burglary Sunday.

Police said they were called to the 3800 block of Orion Road at 6:19 p.m. for a report of a burglary in progress.� A neighbor called police after hearing the sound of glass breaking and pounding coming from a nearby apartment.

Officers said they found a window broken and three men near the crime scene.

Darell A. Beard, 30, of Madison, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and a probation violation.

Markist R. Carmona, 18, of Middleton and Johnny E. Chester, 24, of Madison, were arrested on suspicion of party to the crime of burglary.� Carmona was also arrested on suspicion of a probation violation.

Police said the victims were not home at the time of the burglary.� A backpack, watch and other items were stolen, according to police.

A Madison woman reported a stranger watched her through her bedroom window Thursday afternoon on Christianson Avenue.

The 28-year-old resident told police a fair-skinned man in his 30s tapped on her window as she was changing after 5:30 p.m. According to the incident report, the woman yelled at the man peeping and he left.

Police said the brown-haired man was wearing a black jacket. He did not have facial hair, tattoos or piercings.