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On June 13 Michael Gerald Pullum, 33, was taken into custody by Madison Police after allegedly “masturbating near bikini clad women.” Pullum was charged with the following:

According to the police report “several families with children were also in the area. Witnesses pointed out the offender to police. He began running, and a resulting foot chase temporarily stopped traffic on busy East Gorham St. This phase of the pursuit involved 6 Madison Police Officers. A short time later the suspect jumped into Lake Mendota. A crew from UW Emergency Boat Services, with a Capitol Police Officer also on board, persuaded the suspect, now 100 yards out in the lake, to join them in the watercraft.”

Pullum has a long history with Madison Police and the court system spanning all the way back to September of 1991 when he was found guilty of Burglary and October of 1991 when he was found guilty of retail theft.” In both of the cases he was sentenced in March of 1992. His sentence for the burglary was three years probation and two years probation for the retail theft.

Pullum spent most of 1992 in and out of the courts for theft and in one occasion resisting an officer. His jail time for various offenses was 10, 20, and 30 days.

Then in 1993, now labeled as a habitual criminal by the court system, it was more of the same. Throughout the year Pullum was found guilty of retail theft, battery, disorderly conduct,  and theft of a movable object. In each of these cases he was sentenced to three years probation.

Then in 1994 Pullum was sent to state prison after being found guilty on two counts of forgery. For the first he was sentenced to eight years and for the second two years.

After returning to public life, Pullum had his first run in with the law on May 4, 2007 when he was charged with theft of movable property. That case is still open.

Pullum will appear in court for the June 13 charges on June 28.