A 51-year-old Madison man wanted by the Madison Police Department wanted for a series of crimes was arrested Monday after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend and running over her son with his car.
MPD will request the suspect Anthony Steele be charged with second-degree reckless endangering safety and disorderly conduct among other charges, according to the police incident report. Steele was arrested on a probation violation.
The incident began when the suspect's ex-girlfriend agreed to speak with the suspect and he then drove them to a Packers Avenue parking lot, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.
In the parking lot, the suspect allegedly punched and strangled the victim after he made attempts to rekindle their relationship, which she declined.
""During the battery, [the victim] says the suspect produced a knife and was threatening to kill her and her family, stating that if he could not have her- no one could have her,"" DeSpain said in a statement.
The victim was able to escape from the suspect, but he followed her to her apartment on the 3700 block of Packers Avenue, police said.
When the victim's son went outside to confront the suspect, the suspect then allegedly hit the 31-year-old several times with his car. When officers arrived they located the victim in a snow bank, unable to walk, police said.
""Without surgery, [the doctors] said, he would not be able to walk again,"" DeSpain said. ""He remains hospitalized.""
The suspect was eventually found in the basement of a house on the 3700 block of School Road.
