WINONA, Minn. — Fellow students came to the rescue of a Winona State student, a woman, who had been rudely insulted, then slammed to the ground outside the Sheehan freshmen dorm. The guys pinned the assailant to the ground. Police were called. They found Mac Stephen Thiesing, 18, of Minneapolis, who by then was hiding behind a building. He was arrested. Witnesses gave this account, which police said was confirmed by surveillance video:
> Campus security guards confronted Thiesing about being intoxicated. He was belligerent.
> The woman, frustrated at the situation, tried to return to her dorm, but Thiesing grabbed her access card so she couldn’t get in.
> Thiesing repeatedly berated the woman: “You dumbass. You’ll be dead, retard.” He pushed her to the ground.
The woman told police she had back pain but declined to go to the hospital. Her clothes were embedded with grass clippings from the fall. The incident was about 9:25 p.m. in the 250 block of West Mark Street. Thiesing was jailed on these charges: Threatening and committing assault, disorderly conduct, damage to property, obstructing police, and under-age alcohol consumption. His blood-alcohol level tested at 0.15%, almost twice the legal threshold for impairment.
Thiesing. Irate at being jilted.