10/29/2009 03:33 AM

SUSPECT ENTERED THE OPEN PANTRY AND DEMANDED CASH. CLERK COMPLIED AND EMPTIED THE REGISTER. SUSPECT LEFT ON FOOT. OFFICERS CHECKED AREA BUT DID NOT LOCATE THE SUSPECT. NO INJUIRES TO CLERK AND NO WEAPON WAS DISPLAYED.THE ORIGINAL RELEASE AT 4:49 AM PREFACED CALL DETAILS THAT WERE LIMITED AT BEST AT THE TIME OF THAT SUBMISSION, BUT THE MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE MONONA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED PATRICK C. CURTIN ON CHARGES RELATED TO THE ROBBERY OF THE OPEN PANTRY SHORTLY AFTER 3:30AM ON 10/29/2009. MONONA POLICE DEPARTMENT PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS OF THE SUSPECT, AND WOULD ATTEMPT TO CONTACT AN INDIVIDUAL MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION (LATER IDENTIFIED AS CURTIN) IN THE 5400 BLOCK OF MONONA DRIVE. MONONA POLICE GOT ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A FOOT PURSUIT OF THIS SUSPECT, AND EVENTUALLY APPREHENDED CURTIN WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION. BOTH MADISON POLICE AND MONONA POLICE DEPARTMENTS COORDINATED INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION, PHYSICAL EVIDENTIARY ITEMS, AND STATEMENTS TO SOLIDIFY CURTIN AS THE PRIMARY SUSPECT IN THE OPEN PANTRY GAS STATION ROBBERY AT 1412 PFLAUM ROAD. THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON THE PART OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS, AND DUE TO THE KEEN OBSERVATIONS OF MONONA POLICE OFFICERS, THIS ARREST WAS MADE POSSIBLE. MADISON POLICE DETECTIVES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER, AND IT IS NOT THOUGHT AT THIS TIME THAT CURTIN IS CONNECTED TO OTHER CRIMES OF THIS NATURE.

Case number: 2009-322195

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