LEWISTON, Minn. – A Lewiston man reported that a neighbor accused him of blowing grass clippings onto his driveway, pulled a gun, and threatened to kill him. The man quit mowing and went hack into his house and called 911. Deputies arrested Michael I Martinson, 69. This was about 8:20 p.m. in the 600 block of North First Street. Martinson was booked at the Winona County jail on tentative charges of threatening violence, terroristic assault, and pointing a dangerous weapon. Bad blood between Martinson and the neighbor was obvious, deputies said. The grass-mowing neighbor said Martinson had charged out of his house and pulled a 45-calibre handgun from a pants pocket: “I’ll kill you and your daughter and your wife.” Neither the wife nor daughter was outside when the confrontation occurred.
Martinson. Upset reportedly at grass clippings on his driveway.