MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A 61-year-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after a weapon was allegedly stolen from a parked vehicle, the Madison Police Department reported Thursday.

MPD said the weapon was taken from a vehicle parked at a lot in the 300 block of N. Lake Street.

Authorities later found the suspect hours later walking in the 400 block of W. Gilman Street.

MPD stated officers believed the suspect was still armed so they used “less lethal force” to arrest him after he allegedly ignored commands.

Officers arrested him and booked him into the Dane County Jail.

The 61-year-old faces charges of felony resisting causing injury and misdemeanor resisting.

The stolen weapon was not found, the agency stated.

Police encouraged anyone with information on this investigation to cal

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