WINONA, Minn. – Displeased at the prospect of arrest, a Stewartville man punched an officer repeatedly in the face and attempted to kick him. And after being arrested, the man spit in another officer’s face. This according to the officers’ report of the incident at 707 West Broadway Street about 2:10 a.m. Police had responded to a call from a woman that her roommate was pinned down by a man. Police intercepted Philip Glen Gonzalez, 24, coming out of the address. This is the police account:
> Asked what happened, Gonzalez turned hostile and began swearing
> Gonzalez had his hands in his pockets. When asked to pull them out, he did so but also assumed a threatening assault posture.
> To head off an assault Officers told Gonzalez to put his hands behind his back. Instead threatened to hit the officers.
> An officer took Gonzalez to the ground, but he resisted and punched the officer in the face three or four times with a closed fist and attempted to kick him.
> The officer suffered a cut on his right cheek and on a finger. His glasses were broken.
The woman later said she had on-and-off relationship with Gonzalez. She said that despite her roommate’s call to police, no physical assault happened and that she wasn’t afraid of Gonzalez. There had been drinking, police said.
Gonzalez. Two charges of assault and obstructing the legal process with force.