West Seventh restaurant windows broken; man accused of swinging stick at one owner

A man is charged with using a stick to break windows at restaurants and another business on St Paul s West Seventh Street near the Xcel Power Center Estimated costs to fix the windows totals with the price tag at for one restaurant according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday Police responded about p m Tuesday to the Downtowner Woodfire Grill at West Seventh and Walnut streets for multiple reports of a man developing windows in the area Officers located a -year-old about a block away in front of Maharaja s The man had blood coming from his arm An officer sought why he broke the windows and he announced it was because he needed help according to the complaint St Paul Fire Department medics took him to the hospital The complaint stated he has no permanent address Onlookers saw the man using a stick to break a widow at the Downtowner at Cossetta Alimentari and Maharaja s They also saw him damage the door at Patrick McGovern s Pub The man cut himself when urgent one of the windows Police noted the stick appeared to be a thick wooden handle from a tool The Downtowner s owner tried to calm down the man and get him to stop emerging windows but the man swung the stick at him two or three times the complaint noted The Ramsey County Attorney s Office filed charges of threats of violence and four counts of first-degree criminal damage to property Related Articles Former Tartan band director admits to sexually assaulting DeLaSalle novice DoorDash delivery driver pleads guilty to stealing million in deliveries scam Onlookers put suspected drunk driver s speed at - mph before fatal St Paul crash Man shot by St Paul officer during search after sex assault gets -year sentence Mounds View deaths of men investigated as murder-suicide