Madison Police Department officers arrested Austin Byrd, 22, for alleged attempted burglary, disorderly conduct and two counts of criminal damage to property after he tried breaking into a State Street apartment Saturday night.
The victim, a 22-year-old female, was studying in her apartment when she heard a “pounding” on the door, according to an MPD incident report.
“She heard the sound of breaking glass, not just once, but twice,” MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain wrote in the report. “She could hear a man's voice and realized her bedroom window had just been shattered in two places. Fearful, she fled her apartment.”
Several other neighbors also heard “banging and smashing sounds” and called 911.
“One witness was able to provide a good description of a suspect, and he was located nearby with a significant cut to his arm,” DeSpain wrote. “He was taken to a hospital for staples and later to jail on tentative charges listed above.”
The victim also suffered a minor cut to her finger from the glass shards. There was also damage to a common door in the apartment.
