WINONA, Minn. – Police had their hands full with a series of unsavory incidents that ended with a Winona man, Matthew Ryan Nguyen, being jailed on multiple counts:
> Assault on a police officer.
> Indecent exposure.
> Disorderly conduct.
> Drug possession.
Although Nguyen wasn’t booked into jail until 9:20 p.m. the incidents began about 2-1/2 hours earlier at Mulligan’s in the downtown bar district. Police were called about a man passing through the bar and making threats. The man was gone when police arrived. No one wanted to press charges but described the man and his clothing. Within an hour, police received a call about a man banging his head against a soda pop machine 11 blocks away at Mankato and Wabasha streets. Besides the head-banging, a woman told officers that the man had pulled down his trousers, underwear and all, and jiggled his gonads. Police located Nguyen three blocks away, in the same clothing as described at Mulligan’s bar and the soda machine. Police said he resisted arrest:
> Banging his head on the squad car hood.
> Banging his head on an interior panel.
> Spiting outside the squad car window at an officer.
> En route, spitting from the back seat through a partition, the wad striking an officer on the back of the hair, the neck and shoulder.
At jail Nguyen was found to be carrying 0.3 grams of of meth, officers said.
Nguyen. Erratic behavior in an early but short night around town. Age 40.