ST. CHARLES, Minn. — A Lewiston man was arrested with a near-empty bottle of Phillips peppermint schnapps and an open carton of Coors Light at a business parking lot east of St. Charles. Deputies said Jon Paul Trzesniak, age, 61, admitted to “road soda,” slang for booze in a car, deputies said. A breath test found his blood at 0.12% alcohol, half again as much as legally allowed. Deputies had been called about a man acting peculiarly in a car outside the business. Deputies said Trzesniak, was slurring his words and incoherent. This was about 1:10 p.m. The man was taken 20 miles cyo the ounty jail in Winona. His blood was drawn and sent to a state lab for contaminant testing. The immediate booking charge was suspected drunkenness at the wheel. At the Wednesday morning news media briefing the arrest was reported as on County 37, but briefer Mark Dungy declined to be more specific to protect the business as an innocent party.
