WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man was arrested at an ex-girlfriend’s place after police took a 911 call from the West Side about the woman being seriously beaten. Police said they found woman bleeding from her lips. She told police that she had been pushed to the floor and punched on her face and head and strangled to the point she couldn’t breathe. An ambulance took her to the hospital where she was treated without needing stitches. This was about 4:45 a.m. in the 350 block of Grand Street. Arrested was Varajalon Natajvi Koisef Hodges, age 50. Police said he was on the premises when they arrived but pretended to be asleep when asked his side of what happened. The woman said Hodges had been over to celebrate her birthday and fell asleep. When she tried to wake him. he became angry and attacked, she said.
Hodges. Booked for domestic assault, stranulation and and inflicting fear and pain.