WINONA, Minn. – Police arrested a Winona man whose girlfriend called 911 and accused him of strong-arming her and breaking an arm and then ripping away two cell phones as she attempted to call police. She said she fled to a son’s bedroom and used his phone to get through finally to a 911 dispatcher. Arrested was Denero Sheldon Bradford, 37. The incident was about 6:50 a.m. at an apartment in the 1700 block of Kraemer Drive on the Far West End. Police said Bradford denied being violent and said he didn’t take away any cell phone. Several children in the apartment slept through the disturbance, police said. The woman said she had been awakened by Bradford and manhandled. She said he was drunk. Police tested him for blood-alcohol and found 0.17% — twice the legal definition of drunkenness. He didn’t resist arrest, police said.
Bradford. Booked on two counts of domestic violence and also interfering with emergency communications.