WINONA, Minn. – Police heard from a man’s brother that he had been assaulted by his wife in a domestic dispute. Amy Elizabeth Brenengen, 41, of Winona, was arrested and charged with domestic assault. The arrest was about 10:15 a.m. on Sunday. The incident was the night before. As police pieced together what happened, the husband, age 45, had been resting when he was rousted by his wife with a 40-pound dumbbell weight threateningly over her head. She punched him, then grabbed his collar tightly and strangled and kicked him — and threw him out. The husband told his brother, who went to the police. The husband told officers he was frightened by the attack. Police said they could see red marks on the husband’s neck still the next day. Officers also said they saw smashed furniture in the house. The couple lived in the 600 block of Walnut Street with four children.
Brenengen. Charged with fear-instilling domestic abuse.