WINONA, Minn. — After a couple of odd disturbances downtown involving an Anoka man, police decided the best course was to send him packing out of town. Alexander Craig Larson, 32, was last seen fueling up his pickup truck. Police said that he indicated he was heading for New Orleans. The disturbances:
> Blooming Grounds, 50 East Third Street. Police were called about 1 p.m for a man throwing food inside the eatery. Police found Larson parked outside in a [pickup truck. He first refused to respond to officers tapping on the window to open up but finally lowered the window. He was issued a standard trespass warning not to return to Blooming Grounds.
> Gabby’s, 179 East Third Street. Police were called about 4:30 p.m. for a man acting strangely outside Gabby’s bar. Police found Larson had parked his 2007 black GMC Yukon pickup and placed tires and orange traffic cones as well as tires. in the street. Larson, wearing a black face mask, was out in the street spray-painting the pavement with a 15-foot circle of orange, yellow and black. Seeing the officers, he walked away but when confronted he explained he was hoping to raise gas money. He didn’t make much sense, the officers said, but stgere was something about his “street art” meant to convey “Anoka to New Orleans” and something about the country’s 250th anniversary. He was issued a disturbing-the-peace citation and tlod where to find a chafity agency that mught help with gas money to leave town.
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