WINONA, Minn. – Police found a Wisconsin man hiding slumped in his parked cafter wild chase on Mankato Avenue. The pursuing officer had lost the vehicle after an abrupt turn onto Sanborn Steet, but then found it parked on tranquil High Forest Street as if it had been there all night. Inside was Grant Matthew Lamberty, 19, of Trempealeau. The officer reported also seeing a marijuana pipe inside. Lamberty admitted smoking. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how how high are you?” the officer asked. Answer: “Four.” Lamberty was charged with fleeing an officer. A drug charge is possible depending a blood analysis from the state crime lab. The chase began near Sarnia and Hamilton, went through the Mankato round-about, north on Mankato toward the river at 50 mph to 60, then left into Sarnia – about 20 blocks in all. Lamberty said he was in town to go to Walmart, which closes at 11 .m.. The chase began about 10:45. “Why did you run and not respond to siren anf lights?” Answer: “I had nothing lose.”
