St. Paul lawmaker intervenes as man allegedly attacks woman in public

A St. Paul lawmaker was among those who intervened when a man allegedly attacked a woman in St. Paul last week, according to police and the lawmaker.

A suspect has been arrested, and the woman did not appear to suffer permanent physical injuries.

State Rep. John Lesch, a Democrat, said he was driving on Marion Street south of University Avenue on Friday morning when he saw a man, in Lesch’s words, “relentlessly beating on his girlfriend.”

Lesch, 44, a former St. Paul city prosecutor and infantry captain in the Minnesota Army National Guard, recounted his experience in an interview Wednesday and in an update on the website of his campaign for Minnesota attorney general.

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