A Madison woman was sexually assaulted on the 500 block of State Street, police reported Monday.
A 24-year-old Madison woman was sitting on a bench along State Street around 11:30 a.m. Thursday when she was approached by an unidentified man.
The woman told police that the man appeared to be drunk.
“His speech was slurred and he was mumbling,” Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. “We have a quite a few people with alcohol issues in the downtown area, and some of them are drinking in the morning.”
The man proceeded to hit on the woman and “touched her over the top of her clothing,” according to the police report.
The man, who was standing over the sitting woman, eventually left, DeSpain said. The woman, who remained sitting, contacted authorities to report the incident the next day.
