WINONA, Minn. – A Winona woman was charged with possessing a controlled substance after an odd confrontation with police. Responding to a citizen call about a suspicious person, officers found Amy Michelle Brown, 48. In the course of a conversation, officers said, Brown held up a folded sheet paper and said it didn’t look or smell right, It was from someone whose name was Shanna, she said. Then, according to the officers, she asked if they wanted some dope. They took Brown to jail. The substance tested as 0.05 grams of meth, officers said. This was about 12:20 a.m. in the 350 block of Front Street.
Brown. “Stuff looks, smells bad, but wanta try anyway.”