WINONA, Minn. – Police tased and maced a Winona man after sidewalk assaults on East Third Street just beyond downtown. Nicholas John Deppe, age 27, finally was taken down despite continuing resistance and cuffed. He was taken to the hospital, where a doctor cleared him medically. He was booked at the jail about 11:20 p.m. The incident itself was 11 hours eaelir. Police were called to the 200 block of East Third about 12:50 p.m. by a man who reported seeing Deppe and a woman arguing on he sidewalk. Deppe ripped the woman’s glasses from her face and smashed them to the ground., the witness said. When the witnesses tried intervene on the woman’s behalf, Deppe punched him in the face, he said. Also: Other passersby were threatened to back off. Police located Deppe and the woman walking in the street a couple blocks away near Fourth and Liberty streets. Told to stop, officers said, Deppe yelled and charged them in a fight posture and challenged then to tase him. He kept coming. One officer fired a taser line, which struck Deppe but the electrodes didn’t connect. Another officer followed by spraying mace. Deppe was pushed to the ground but still swinging and resisting. Finally he was cuffed. He was booked on charges of:

> Assault at an elevated level becase of prior cases.

> Disorderly conduct.

> Obstructing police.

The woman in the original asault, age 30, was uninjured, police said. Officers said she and Deppe were in a relationship.