WINONA Minn. – A Winona man with a history of domestic violence was arrested again, this time with a new domestic violence charge and two — count ‘em, two — charges of violating a judge’s order not to contact the woman who had sought a restraining order. The contacts were first at her place, then by cell phone from jail after being booked. Yes, the charges against Bobby Darnell Green, 40, were piling up, all in a brief three-hour period beginning about 1:50 p.m.
Green. First brush with the law was 2004 in Chicago.
An odyssey to jail
According to police and witness reports, this is what happened: Green, who had been drinking, went to the woman’s place in the 50 block West Wabasha Street. He punched her. She fled to a bedroom and locked the door. He forced open the door and kept punching. She told him she wouldn’t call police if he stopped. He stopped. She fled and found a man on the street waking his dog on an afternoon stroll. The man called police. At the woman’s place, officers found the splintered bedroom door jam and the woman with red bruises and a. split lip. They found Green walking nearby. At jail he resisted, and officers were called to subdue him for being belligerent. Once behind bars Green was allowed the usual 30 minutes to make calls on his cell phone. He called the woman, again in violation of the do-it-contact court order.