Bluestem isn't sure how we missed one of the boldest attacks on Christmas in Southern Minnesota, first reported last Tuesday by staff writer Al Strain in the Owatonna People's Press.
This time, the target was a Christmas wreath on the door of the Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric building, and God was the attacker's co-pilot.
Strain reports in Man allegedly tells police that God told him to drive his truck into Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric building:
According to the criminal complaint, officers found [Aaron Michael] Nelson in a hallway at the co-op after he allegedly drove his vehicle through the front door of the building on Dec. 12.
After being read his Miranda rights, Nelson agreed to speak with police. According to the complaint, Nelson said he drove into the building because God was telling him to do it. Nelson reportedly said he thought a holiday wreath on the door of the building was an “X marks the spot,” according to the complaint. . . .
Throughout the incident, Nelson had reportedly been wearing only a fleece jacket after taking off the rest of his clothes in the parking lot. Once inside the building, he allegedly went to a locker room area and took some items from lockers, according to the complaint. . . .
Strain reports that Nelson, who had been smoking meth 12 hours before hearing "God's" command, left battery-operated light with a small baggie of meth inside sitting in an ashtray at the front of the building. According to the OPP, the Minneapolis man has been charged with three felonies: three felonies: first-degree criminal damage to property, third degree-burglary and fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance.
Not exactly a wise man following a star, Nelson was transported to the local hospital after his arrest.
Photo: Bluestem suspects that voice wasn't God, but something like this gent. Via Etsy.
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