WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man, Timothy Paul Schmalenberg Jr., 25, was arrested for stealing a car that had been left running at Walmart on the Far East End. The owner said he had stopped to go into the store about 9 p.m. to pick someone up. Returning, he found the car missing. The vehicle should have been easy to spot, a red 2000 Ford Taurus with Wisconsin plates, but what made the car really easy to track was that the owner had left a phone inside. Less than a mile away, at Howard and Franklin streets, police made the arrest. Happy ending: Car and phone are back with the owner, For Schmalenberg: Not so much.
