Anything for shelter. Several clusters of road-weary truck trailers line West Second Street, all destined for scrapyards. Homeless folks find them easy to break into for shelter on cold nights.. Images: Steve Lunde
Brently Johnson knows cops well, and he them
WINONA, Minn. – for the umpteenth time, police rousted a homeless person from the rusting fleet of truck trailers parked near the Union Pacific railyard while waiting to be scrapped. This time it was Brently Steven Johnson, 62, who had sought refuge from the cold. This was about 11:10 p.m. in the 350 block West Second Street. Johnson was arrested for tampering with a vehicle to get inside. Overnight temperatures were below zero.
