WINONA, Minn. –A man wearing a helmet broke down the door into an East End house and barged in swinging a six-foot metal rod with a padlock belted at the end. Roommates in the house were terrorized. One called police. When officers arrived, they said, Shane Richard Oevering, 44, still had the homemade weapon in hand and was in a threatening stance. He was making nonsensical comments as if under the influence of a controlled substance, police said. Oevering did not hit anyone with the weapon, according to police. The incident was about 11:40 p.m. in the 1050 block of East Fifth Street.
Oevering. Charges include assault with a dangerous weapon.