WINONA, Minn. – Police locked up a Winona man after a girlfriend reported being brutalized when an argument escalated at a house near downtown. The woman told police she was pushed against wall by her throat and then thrown on a bed. The guy bit a cheek, she said. He was carrying a knife, she said. Arrested was Derrik Deshawn Carpenter, 27. He was booked about 5:15 a.m. for assault and terroristic threats pending a decision by the county attorney on formal charges. The woman, police said, didn’t appear to have incurred injuries requiring hospitalization. The incident was at a house in the 250 block of Laird Street.
Carpenter. Arrested after girlfriend managed to all 911.