WINONA, Minn. – A Winona driver was arrested with sjgns of impairment about 12 a.m., taken to jail, and released to a sober adult — and then arrested driving again, also with signs of impairment, about 5 a.m. This second time the police locked up James Miles Kohnen, 43, to see a judge on Monday morning. The first stop was in the 1200 block of West Fourth Street, where police had been called for a domestic disturbance. They found Kohnen sitting outside in a running car. Police said he smelled of alcohol and acted impaired. He refused to field sobriety tests and was taken to jail. He was charged with drunk driving. Per police protocol, Kohnen was released to a sober friend, presumably to take home to sober up. The second arrest, four hours later, was at the other end of town on Mankato Avenue, where Kohnen had drjven into a parked car. Kohnen still showed impairment signs and smelled like a drunk, police said. In both arrests, police said Kohnen refused to submit to blood-alcohol testing.
Kohnen. Back-to-back drunken-driving arrests.