WINONA, Minn. — A Winona man was arrested after a child custody exchange involving a 2-year-old girl went bad. Daniel Allen Liston, age 43, was charged with domestic abuse and violating a court order to stay away from the child’s mother. This happened starting about 7:50 p.m. in the 1700 block of Wabasha Street on the Far West End. Police reviewed surveillance video and reported this sequence at the arranged child exchange:
> Liston drove his pickip truck close alongside the mother’s car. Words were exchanged through open windows.
> A minute later the mother drove ahead and parked. Liston pulled in behind her.
> The mother climbed out of her car and gathered the toddler from Liston’s back seat.
> As the mother was returning to her car with the toddler, Liston threw open his door and almost slammed into them.
> Liston got out of his pickup and stuck woman in the face with a backhand.
> The woman proceeded to her car with the child.
> Liston climbed back into his pickup and reversed out of camera view.
> A half hour later, police located Liston’s pickup on U.S. Highway 14 near Knopp Valley and made the arrest.