WINONA, Minn. – An assault charge was filed against a Winona man for a cellblock disturbance at the jail in December. The criminal complaint says that James Edwin Gordy, 51, had been uncooperative with a jailer taking him from a cell and then cocked an arm to strike a deputy. A second deputy took Gordy to the floor. He criminal complaint was delayed because the investigation was turned over to authorities in neighboring Fillmore County for an independent external review. The Fillmore County prosecutor recommended the assault charge.
Gordy. Charged with acting out displeasure at incarceration.