WINONA, Minn. – A Twin Cities man was arrested and charged with strangling his girlfriend in an argument over fidelity. Arrested was Kirby Ray Henderson Jr., 23, of the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights. Police were called about 7:30 a.m. They found the girlfriend sitting in a car outside with scratches on her neck and bleeding from an ear. She said she had been choked and couldn’t breathe for perhaps 30 seconds and was fearing for her life. Also, she said, the boyfriend smashed her phone. This was in the 450 block of West Fourth Street. The boyfriend wasn’t around, but police later located Henderson. He denied any strangulation. Even so, he was booked for a heightened level of domestic assault. The girlfriend declined medical attention.
Henderson. Charged with strangulation and instilling fear.