WINONA, Minn. – A traveler who said he was kicked off a bus in Winona because he was out of money was arrested inside the John Nett gym on the Cotter Schools campus. A janitor said he found the man before-hours and confronted him, at which point the man went into a bathroom. After 45 minutes the janitor called police. The man came out. He explained that he was traveling from North Dakota to Madison, that he thought the gym was public property, and that he needed to use a bathroom — and gave officers a false name. Papers in his backpack showed he was Tyrus Smith, age 30, of Honolulu. Surveillance video appears to show him going through the rec center’s lost-and-found bin before being confronted. Police didn’t know how he got into the gym. Police wrote hm up for trespassing and sent him on his way.
