WINONA, Minn. – An unruly Amtrak passenger attacked a snack-car attendant and threatend to kill him as the train was approaching Winona. Police were waiting at the depot and arrested Jason Kalani Mook, 59, of San Jose, California. Mook had boarded the train, the Empire Builder, 37 hours earlier in Spokane, Washington. Police were told that Mook slammed a can of soda into the attendant’s face, said he wanted to go to prison, and “this the way to do it.” There had been no earlier incident with Mook on the train, the conductor said. The Chicago-bound train left Winona a few minutes later than its usual four-minute stop. At the jail Mook was booked for violent threats and assault with a deadly weapon.
Mook. Unruly at jailhouse but eventually in a cell.