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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Young man arrested after attacking Segredo bouncers, police officers

Police arrested a man for attacking bouncers and police officers early Saturday morning at Segredo bar, according to a Madison Police Department report released Monday.

Nineteen-year-old Samuel J. Perkins Hoffman of Grafton, Wisconsin, went behind the bar table at 624 University Ave. and began drinking from a fountain gun, according to the report. When told to leave, Hoffman refused and began fighting with bouncers, one of whom was punched in the face.

Upon entering the confrontation, one police officer was kicked in the stomach. The suspect spit in the face of a second police officer, according to the report.

Victims indicated Hoffman was “very strong and very angry,” according to the report. He threatened to kill bouncers and directed a derogatory racial insult at a black staffer.

MPD arrested Hoffman for multiple charges, including battery to law enforcement officers, discharge of bodily fluids at a public safety worker, resisting and obstructing, unlawful trespass and two counts of disorderly conduct.

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