Posted Saturday, August 16 --- 8:00am

FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) -- A Madison man's disorderly conduct might have only landed him a misdemeanor or two. But when he allegedly grabbed an officer below the belt and squeezed, the offense became a felony.

Twenty-nine-year-old Keith Stendahl was charged Friday with battery of a police officer, a felony. He also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.

Prosecutors say Stendahl made an obscene gesture at a passing motorist and threatened a female companion. Police say they arrived and put him in the squad car, but he began to pound the window.

Officers say they took him out of the car to handcuff him and he began to scuffle, at one point squeezing an officer's groin.

Online court records did not list a specific attorney for Stendahl Friday night.

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