DODGE CENTER, Minn. – A candidate for Dodge Center City Council has some explaining to do to voters. Matthew Legler, 48, was arrested driving through the Triton school campus but only, police said, after he resisted arrest and needed to be suppressed with a stun gun. This was after dark about 7:40 p.m. A Dodge Cunty deputy had stopped Legler in his car despite a court order not to trespass at the school. The deputy gave this account:
> Legler claimed he was unaware of any trespass order, saying he drives through the school property all the time.
> Legler refused the instruction to get out of his car.
> Legler turned hostile and argumentative.
> Legler, still in his car, began filming the interaction with two cell phones and his dash cam.
> Finally out of his car, Legler attempted to call 911 as the deputy tried to place him under arrest and cuff him.
> Legler spun around and began punching the deputy, who rook three to five blows in the head.
> Another deputy tased Legler, then cuffed him.
The injured deputy was evaluated at a Rochester Hospital 36 miles away. A minor concussion was diagnosed. Meanwhile, at the jail, Legler was booked for assault on a peace officer, trespassing on school property, disorderly conduct, and making a false 911 call.
Legler. One of three candidates for two sets on the Dodge Center Council.
Dodge Center profile
Population 2,600. County seat of Dodge County. The largest employer is McNeilus, a manufacturer of ready-mixed concrete mixer trucks and garbage trucks. The community is an agricultural center. The Triton campus is home to three schools with 950 students.