WINONA, Minn. – A Winona woman was charged with punching another woman in the face in a drunken rage at an apartment near St. Matthew’s School on the West Side. The victim, police said, had red marks on her chin but didn’t require hospitalization. Arrested was Gean Beatrice Bennett, age 28. She was taken to the hospital to determine if detoxification was necessary. The incident was about 12:10 p.m. in the 750 block of West Wabasha Street. Police said Bennett didn’t take kindly to being arrested. They described her as surly and belligerent. Outside the apartment as she was being frisked routinely for a weapon or contraband, she head-butted the hood of a brand new police squad car, officers said. Pending charges include injurious assault, disorderly conduct, and damage to property. The dollar amount for damage will depend on what body shop repairs cost.
