WINONA, Minn. – A backpack dropped in the parking lot outside Days Inn on the West End led to two apprehensions at the hotel. An officer inspecting backpack found identification of the owner inside – a woman who was wanted on Olmsted County and Winona County arrest warrants. The officer asked a hotel desk clerk if Cassandra Ann Carter, 39, of Millville, was checked in. She was, along with Spencer Adam Edwards, 34, of North Mankato. When confronted, both gave false names, the officer said, but they didn’t resist otherwise. Carter was jailed on a variety of old traffic offenses and pending cases of possession and sale of drugs. She also was charged with giving a false name. Edwards was ticketed, also for a false name.
Carter. Office tracks her to hotel where staying.