WINONA, Minn. – A police officer recognized Kayla Marie Benter, 35, of Winona, for having had her driver’s license revoked but there she was driving. The officer made the stop at Mankato Avenue and King Street, and then discovered in chatting that other matters weren’t right. Benter admitted to having just puffed on a “blunt,” the officer said. In street-talk a blunt is an oversize rolled marijuana product. Later in the conversation, the officer said, Benter acknowledged meth earlier in the day. Then he found a green leafy substance in a pocket. A police drug-recognition expert was called. Yes, he said, there was significant impairment. At the jailhouse, officers took a blood sample to send to the state crime lab. Benter was released pending what the lab reports back.
