LEWISTON, Minn. — Two meth-crazed gamers who had started out at the Prior Lake casino ended up 120 miles away lost deep in the woods of central Winona County. They were arrested after a farmer saw their car plowing through his hayfield. The farmer walked through the hay to the car, which had stopped. Inside, he said, were two men. They were disoriented, apparently on drugs, and had no idea where they were or how they got there, the farmer said. He told the men to stay put while he left to call for help — and the Winona police dispatcher. When deputies arrived, the car was gone. They followed wheel tracks through the hay into the woods. Deputies located car, both men still inside. Arrested were:
> David Kirk Rosburg, 60, of Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was charged with impaired driving, violent threats, and drug possession for 20 grams of meth.
> Jared Jacob Olness-Jones, age 28, of Oakdale, a west St. Paul suburb. He was charged with drug possession for 8-1/2 grams.
This was about 7:30 in the 22000 block of Wild Wood Road between Peterson Creek and Jones Valley. Deputies said a meth-inhaling device was in the car, as well as by-prescription-only meds. Deputies quoted Olness-Jones that Rosburg trapped him in the car and threatened to harm him if tried getting out. The car, it turned out, had been reported stolen earlier from the casino at Prior Lake, which is in the south Minneapolis exurbs. The car’s owner, as much as deputies could determine, had been at the casino with Rosburg and Olness-Jones. That was hours earlier.
Arrest site
Wild Wood Road is hard to find. It’s a dead-end stub off Lady Slipper Drive two miles up a dirt road coulee from U.S. Highway 14 at the Arches. The nearest access to Interstate 90 is 13 miles away.
Rosburg. At the wheel of stolen car.
Olness-Jones. Claimed being a captive.