WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man who was reported to have walked out of a Kwik Trip without paying for an iced coffee and a sandwich was found sipping and chomping down the street. It was petty theft, worth $5.57, but the officer sensed that something more was going on. The officer said that Dillon Joseph Hale, 35, couldn’t stand still, was talking nonsense, and kept digging in his pockets when told not to. Police searched him and found meth and fentanyl. This, they said, included:
> 1.66 grams rolled in an old sales receipt.
> 1.08 grams in a glass vial,
> 0.07 grams loose in a right front pocket.
At the police station a jailer found:
> 2.74 grams in a pat-down.
Do the math: In all, police confiscated 4.1 grans. The saga had begun about 1:45 a.m. at the Kwik Trip at West Broadway and South Baker Street. Hale was arrested 3-1/2 blocks away at Cummings Street.
Hale. Charges: Drugs and shoplifting.