Monday, July 7, 2008 --- 2 p.m.

According to a news release from the Madison Police Department:

On July 3, 2008, around 3:25 p.m., a Madison Police South District Officer saw a young man walking away from Penn Park towards Park Street. The officer had just reviewed a surveillance tape of a strong-armed robbery that had occurred at the South Transfer Point on the night of June 30th.

The officer recognized the young man as being one of several perpetrators involved in the June 30th attack. In that crime, an 18-year-old Fitchburg man was punched, kicked and robbed of his bus pass and cell phone at 10:35 p.m.

The teen was arrested for Strong-Armed Robbery. Officers of the South District are in the process of identifying others involved in the crime, and say images taken by surveillance cameras at the South Transfer Point are greatly aiding in their investigation.

Suspect: male, age 16, Madison
Suspect was arrested and taken to the Juvenile Reception Center on a tentative charge of Strong-Armed Robbery.