WINONA, Minn. – A Wisconsin man being arrested on a warrant was found to be carrying OxyCodone. Brandon Dean Ottum, 39, of Arcadia, was taken to jail not only on the the warrant but also for the single OxyContin pill on his person, police said. OxyCodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. is a potent pain-killer. It’s available only by prescription and controlled carefully because of its addictiveness. The arrest was about 6:50 p.m. at Second and Chatfield streets just beyond Mankato Avenue on the Far East End.
Ottum. The officer asked, “Why this pill?”