WINONA, Minn. – Police arrested an ex-con whose girlfriend reported a series of assaults at her place over fidelity issues. The woman told police she was slapped and bruised and blocked from leaving. Also, she said, the man took her phone so she couldn’t make a 911 call. The woman contacted police about 4:50 p.m. — the next day. Arrested at his place was Andrew Curtis Montgomery, age 27, of Winona. The woman said the series of assaults at her place began after Montgomery examined her phone and learned that she was involved with other men. She noted that she and Montgomery were in an open relationship. Even so, she said, he was displeased. At several points, she said, Montgomery said he wasn’t going back to prison and waved a black handgun that had been in his waistband. The assaults were on-again off-again over several hours, she said. At one point they left her place and went shopping. Then while napping, she said she tried twice to get away but Montgomery awoke and blocked her exit. About her wounds, police said they saw heavy bruises on one of her thighs. She said that Montgomery slapped her face and her lip was cut. This was in the 550 block of Olmstead Street.
Montgomery. Among charges: Felony assault, causing fear and injury, threat with a dangerous weapon, false imprisonment, interference with a 911 call.