WINONA, Minn. – A Caledonia man was arrested after a former girlfriend reported being beat up at her Winona place. Police stopped Ronnie Lee Shefelbine Jr., 41, walking away. He denied ever touching the woman. Officers concluded differently. When they had arrived, they said, the woman showed them bruises on her neck, rug burns on her elbows, and a left ear swelled and red. This was about 12:5 a.m. on Howard Street. The woman gave this account: An argument turned violent. Shefelbine grabbed her by the throat, pushed her to the floor, and choked her for something like 30 to 50 seconds, until she was dizzy and had problems breathing. She managed to kick him in the chest and fled to a bathroom and locked the door and called 911. In the street, where police stopped Shefelbine, he said it didn’t happen that way – that she had attacked him — and that he wouldn’t press charges. Police noted that an existing court order in effect against Shefelbine on behalf of the woman.
Shefelbine. To jail accused of strangulation.