WINONA, Minn. – Police got a call from Walmart that a man in the store had opened and damaged a merchandise box containing a music playback appliance and also a Pink Floyd album. This was Friday about 3:05 p.m. Police ticketed Matthew Bradley Connor, 45. A house detective signed a do-not-return order barring Connor from Walmart for a year. Two hours later a clerk at nearby MGM Liquor called police to report Connor had stolen a can of beer from a cooler. This meant a second citation, The next day, police said, Connor was back at Walmart despite having been told in writing that he he wasn’t welcome back. This time, house detectives said, he walked off with $40 in merchandise. Enough was enough: Police took Connor to jail.
Connor. Homeless and on a trouble local odyssey.