A Cross Plains man was arrested on Wednesday night on several charges following a domestic incident on Valley Street in the Village of Cross Plains, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Department.

Officials said John S. Soppe, 37, was taken into custody on without incident, after a 911 caller reported that he was armed and threatening to harm himself and others in the house. 

The victims of the incident were able to leave the home and escape to a neighbor’s house before deputies arrived, officials said.

Soppe faces charges of intoxicated use of a firearm, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, domestic disorderly conduct while armed and battery, authorities said.

In an effort to help reduce incidents of bicycle theft and help police identify owners of the hundreds of lost bicycles picked up each year, the Middleton Police Department has launched a free online bicycle registration system.

City of Middleton residents should go to the Police Department website, www.MiddletonPD.com, and look for the bicycle registration link under online services. You will be able to submit descriptions, serial numbers and even upload pictures for up to five bicycles per transaction.

A 38-year-old Middleton man faces multiple charges including drunken driving after he drove his pickup truck into the back of car that had slowed for traffic on Madison's far west side.

Police said the crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. on Monday at South High Point Road.

The victim, a 36-year-old Madison driver, had engaged his brakes due to traffic up ahead, police said.

Marijuana and prescription pills were recovered from driver of the pickup, who was later identified as Jason R. Klingbeil, police said.