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By Jonnel LiCariPolice reporterThe third reported carjacking in Madison in the last month has prompted a legislator to call for the quick passage of tough measures against such incidents.“Madison is just starting to get a taste of the terror that Milwaukee has known recently,” Rep. Dave Prosser, R-Appleton, said in a press release. “Three years ago, you never heard of carjackings.”Prosser, sponsor of a bill to crack down on carjackings, said 243 such incidents were reported in Milwaukee last year.Carjackings, in which thieves hijack an occupied car, began sweeping the nation last summer. Several victims have been killedProsser’s bill would make carjacking a felony punishable by 15 years in prison — 25 years if someone is injured. It would also punish accomplices of the crime.Madison police reported Monday that the city’s first carjacking apparently occurredMarch 13.In the incident, police said a man got into a car of a woman with her infant son in the 1400 block of Williamson Street and ordered her to drive to Sommerset Circle to buy crack When the man couldn't find a drug dealer there, he told her to take him back to Williamson Street using back roads.When the man reached to touch the woman’s son, who was sitting in a car seat between the woman and the suspect, she told him that if he touched her son again, she’d kill him.The woman then slammed on the brakes, grabbed the child and jumped out of the car. The man then drove away in the maroon, four-door 1976 Chrysler Cordoba, which has not been foundThe suspect is described as a black man in his late 20s, 5-foot-6, slim with short hair and dark clothingMadison police previously reported that the city’s first attempted carjacking took place March 17 when a group of teen-agers tried to steal a woman’s car in the parking lot of Kohl’s Food Store, 2921 N. Sherman Ave.The other incident occurred March 24 when two suspects approached a motorist Downtown, displayed a gun, beat him and took his car. Two teen-agers have been charged in the incident.Sgt. Noble Wray said he was not sure why the March 13 incident had not been reported as a carjacking, but he said the delay may have been due to the way police classify incidents.Wray said the March 13 carjacking was reported as a person driving a car without the owner’s consent, often a minor incident in which the owner and driver know each other. He said detectives released details after investigating the incident.Meanwhile, a public hearing on the carjacking bill, Assembly Bill 253, will be held Thursday before the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.Madison is just starting to get a taste of the terror that Milwaukee has known recently.’Rep. Dave Prosser
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