WINONA, Minn. – A man with a history of falsely reporting fires did it again, police said. The fire call came in at 12:40 a.m., but there was no fire. A woman at the address said the call came from a disgruntled former boyfriend who had been harassing her. This was near Sanborn and Hamilton streets. Police contacted the man, who, they said, threatened d blow up the girlfriend’s place and the entire neighborhood with already-planted bombs if they didn’t leave him alone. Police backed off. Later in the morning police arrested Travis Dean Boettcher, age 34, for terroristic threats.
Boettcher. Charges: Harassment causing fear, threatening violence, a false emergency call.