WINONA, Minn. – The evening went from bad to worse for a Dakota man – and for at least one police officer too. First thing: Andrew Olaf Swanson, 41, was out for a night on the town. But at the Cornerstone Bar on West Fifth Street he was thrown out, reportedly for getting loud with expletives and threatening the bar tender. Police found Swanson outside in a snowbank. Officers said he was still swearing and yelling and refused to give his name or tell them a safe place where they could take him. Temps were in the20s. So they took him to the station house. His blood-alcohol tested at 0.18% — more than twice the legal definition for impairment. Officers decided to send him to the hospital for detoxification. While waiting to be put in a squad car, police said, he hit an officer. Then in the backseat car, he spat through the cage at an officer in front seat, slobbering on the officer and the officer’s open laptop. By 9:48 p.m. he had a cell at the county jail.
Swanson. Booked for assault and offensive, abusive, boisterous conduct.