WINONA, Minn. – Police following up on a strangulation case arrested a Winona man at his place a few blocks away. Jeremy David Robert Doby, age 18, didn’t resist arrest but denied an assault. The incident had been about 3 p.m. at an apartment in the 100 block of West Wabasha Street. Doby’s former girlfriend told police that Doby showed up at her apartment and pounded on the door until the she let him in. In an altercation Doby strangled the woman with a cord, she said. Afraid for her life, she said, she retreated to a bathroom, locked the door, and telephoned for help. Doby was gone when police arrived. Red marks were on the woman’s neck, police said. She pointed to he cord. The woman told police where they might find Doby. He indeed was home in the 300 block of South Baker Street.
Doby. Held for burglary, domestic assault, strangulation.