25-year-old arrested for assault

Published 10:59 am Tuesday, November 8, 2011

A 25-year-old Austin man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly shoving a woman.

Derik Winter is being held in the Mower County jail awaiting a likely fifth-degree domestic assault charge, according to Police Chief Brian Krueger.

Krueger said the woman reported the assault at 11 a.m. Monday morning. She said it happened around 1 a.m. but she didn’t have access to a phone to call the police.

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She said Winter and her were in a verbal argument when he grabbed her by the back of the neck and shoved her, according to Krueger.

Charges will likely be filed in the coming days.