WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, Mitchell Tiberius Foss, 29, was charged with strangulation in a domestic assault in the early morning hours on the East Side. Police said Foss and an ex-girlfriend were in a heavy dispute in a backyard. When they arrived, police said, Foss put his hands behind his back and asked to be arrested. They accommodated. Foss was intoxicated, the officers said. A police dispatcher had taken a 911 call about 3 a.m. No one was on the line, but the dispatcher could hear a man and woman arguing and ID’d the cellphone to the 600 block of East Wabasha Street. There police found the couple in a backyard. The woman said she had a restraining order to keep Foss away. She told officers he pinned her down at least a minute and cut off her breathing. By flailing she got away to the backyard and dialed 911. Foss trailed her. In the backyard, not knowing she already had dialed 911 and that the line was still open, he yelled at her not to call police and threatened to kill her, she told officers. The officers said her neck showed pressure marks.
Foss. Booked for domestic assault, a restraining order violation, interference with an emergency call.