A University of Wisconsin-Madison student told police he was knocked unconscious while cutting through a West Johnson Street parking lot early Saturday morning.

The 19-year-old victim said he remembers someone saying something to him, and believes he likely said something back. Then he was strick in the head, police said.

The victim said he thought that three men attacked him at about 3 a.m.

A Spring Street resident was heard screaming on Wednesday morning after being awakened by a rustling sound and seeing an arm or an object probing into her home through closed blinds hanging from a bedroom window, according to the Madison Police Department.

A table near the window, which was open a couple of inches, was typically where the 21-year-old victim kept her laptop computer, but she didn't have it there at the time of the burglary, police said. 

The burglar fled as several officers headed to the scene shortly after 6 a.m.

Police said a man wearing a tan Carhartt-style jacket, a dark knit cap pulled down low and carrying a dark backpack was seen ducking between homes on the 200 block of South Mills Street a short time later.

A Rodney Court resident returned to home Tuesday afternoon and spotted a stranger in his yard holding a roommate’s laptop computer, Madison police said.

The 24-year-old told police he confronted the man, who said he had found the computer. The man then put the computer down and ran away.

Police said that several people live together at the targeted residence, and it appeared they have not been locking all of their doors.

The man is described as black, in his 30s, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 180 pounds. He was wearing a tan corduroy jacket with a hood and tan pants.

Anyone with information about the person involved should call Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014.