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Elgin man accused of assaulting Houston Hoedown board member sentenced
Jun. 27—HOUSTON, Minn. — An Elgin man accused of assaulting a Houston Hoedown board member during the 2024 festival was sentenced to one-year of supervised probation and ordered to pay restitution.
Colton Brent McNallan, 19, was charged with felony third-degree assault and misdemeanor counts of fifth-degree assault, underage alcohol consumption and fleeing a peace officer.
Court documents said McNallan "slammed" a board member into the pavement after the member wouldn't let McNallan through to use the restroom. McNallan pleaded guilty in March to a lesser assault charge. In exchange for his plea, the other charges were dismissed.
McNallan was sentenced in Houston County District Court on Thursday, June 26. He was ordered to pay $16,938.
According to the criminal complaint, Houston police were contacted by a man around midnight on July 28, 2024, who said a man assaulted a Houston Hoedown board member.
Officers observed a shirtless man, later identified as McNallan, running in the middle of a Houston street. As an officer activated his squad car's emergency lights and approached McNallan, McNallan climbed over a fence into the backyard of a residence, the complaint said. After arresting him, officers found two unopened Michelob Ultra beer cans in his front pockets.
Officers met with the board member, who said he was closing the beer and brat area when a man approached him wanting to use the bathroom. The man got close to the board member and wanted to go around to use the bathroom.
The board member put his hand on the man's shoulder and pointed toward the bathrooms. They started pushing each other back and forth, when the man grabbed the board member and slammed him into the pavement, the complaint said. The board member landed on his shoulder, and the man landed on top of him.
The board member sustained a massive tear of the two tendons in his shoulder, according to the complaint.
At the jail, McNallan told officers he was drinking throughout the day at the festival grounds, and he started running after seeing the police. McNallan had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.275.
