While burglaries are a common crime trend in the Madison area, Madison Police Department public information officer Joel DeSpain said watch bunnies"" putting a stop to them are anything but normal.
That's just what a 25-year-old woman had guarding her residence in the 500 block of North Pinckney Street when a man attempted to burglarize her apartment last weekend. According to a police report, the woman reported being awakened by the thumping of her pet bunny's foot around 3 a.m. Oct. 11, an action she told police is common for the animal to do when someone is in or around the residence.
When the woman got up, she yelled at a man who had entered her apartment and he ran out the back door. Police said nothing was missing from the apartment, and the woman credited her bunny's thumping to helping her wake up and quickly scare off the intruder.
Police describe the perpetrator as a white male, 5'5"" and 150 pounds with a thin build and short hair.
