Man Charged With Assault After Fight at Local Gas Station

UPDATED, June 15 — According to , just before midnight on June 2, officers responded to the Holiday gas station, located in the 17000 block of Minnetonka Boulevard, after a call came in reporting an assault.

On the scene, police say, officers met a man with a cut above his left eye. Police say the man told them he had been punched by his intoxicated partner, identified in court documents as Clinton David Fero, 32, of Excelsior. But after the initial publication of this story, someone identifying himself as "the one in the whole mess," Scott Klinkhammer, wrote to Patch to say he didn't tell officers he was punched in the eye and that, instead, he didn't remember how he received the cut.

While police say Klinkhammer told them he was “very afraid” during the incident, Klinkhammer wrote to Patch to say "I said to the cops I was afraid for him getting in trouble."

Because Fero has been convicted of domestic assault within the last decade, the Hennepin County Attorney charged him with two counts of felony assault in this case.  If convicted, Fero faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines.  

Fero was convicted of domestic assault in 2003 and third degree criminal sexual conduct in 2006. 

Fero is currently being held without bail at the Hennepin County Jail. His first court appearance is scheduled for July 12.