WINONA, Minn. – Acting on a call about a suspicious character doing a “meth dance” in Sobieski Park, police took Austin John Presson into custody. Nothing is illegal about dancing alone in a park – even at 3:50 a.m. — but police figured out soon enough that Presson was on a wanted list for theft. What about the “meth dance” that the caller reported? Cops were scratching their heads, but there is a medical definiton: “Choreoathetoid movements typically involving the limbs, neck and face, often has a rhythmic dance-like quality.” Yes, it can methamphetamine-induced. So besides the old theft charge, Presson, age 30, of Winona, now also faces a charge of offensive, abusive, boisterous and disorderly conduct.
Presson, Dancing the night away at Sobieski Park at 750 East Wabasha Street.