Madison Man Pleads Guilty To Sabotaging Entry To Bike Trail Path

A Madison man who was charged in April with reckless endangerment for stringing wire in the dark across a South Side bike path, which snared and injured one bike rider, pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced felony endangerment charges. 34 year old Curtis Tessmer admitted to a judge that he intentionally strung the wire, described in a criminal complaint as a “black telephone cable-like cord,” across the entrance to a bridge on the Badger State Trail near Allied Drive on Aug. 26 and Aug. 30, 2022.