WINONA, Minn. – Police responding to an open 911 line on the East End arrested a Winona man running out the back door of the Wabasha Street address. While officers held the man , the woman inside the house told them that the man had dropped by to pick up some belongings. In an argument, she said, he struck her face with an elbow and she fell to the floor. She described starting to ring 911 for help but he grabbed the phone. She then tried to get to reach front door to a ring camera but he grabbed her neck and dragged her to a bedroom with a chokehold, she said. The struggle lasted several minutes, she said. As police arrived, the man fled out back. Arrested was Zachary Chad Koetz, age 28. This was about 9:25 a.m. in the 600 block of East Wabasha. The woman, age 35, declined medical attention. The duty police dispatcher reported hearing screams in the background of the open 911 call and traced the address.
Koetz. Charges: Domestic violence, painful assault, blocking a 911 call, false imprisonment, fleeing.