Full Notification

On April 26, 2023 at 3:48 p.m. the Sun Prairie Police Department was dispatched to a disturbance involving a knife in the 1000 block of Chandler Lane. Initial information from the caller stated that a 16-year-old female had threatened a parent with a knife. When officers arrived on scene, they observed the juvenile with knives in both of her hands while she stood in a driveway.
 
Officers negotiated with the juvenile for approximately 35 minutes while she refused to drop the knives. The juvenile was taken into custody after this 35-minute period by use of a Taser.

The 16-year-old female is being referred to the Dane County District Attorney’s Office for Second Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety and Criminal Damage to Property.