WINONA, Minn. – In a college town with a robust downtown bar district, the coops are used to issuing public urination tickets. To imbibers it can be a long, long walk home with a full bladder after the 1 a.m. bar closing time. But what was it that christopher Allen Fulton, 23, of  Winona, was doing at Third and Center streets at 1:01 a.m.? Police thought they saw him peeing, and when he turned around his zipper was down and his trousers dribbled a bit. But he said not. He held up a cup containing, he said, Crown Royal – a premium whisky blend. What actually was the golden blend? Whatever, he was ticketed.

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