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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 8/16/2016
SUBJECT: Male Arrested on Drug and Firearm Charges
BY: Duluth Police Public Information Officer Ron Tinsley

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Media/ Public Release
CASE NO.: 69DU-CR-16-3148
INCIDENT DATE: 8/11/2016
INCIDENT TIME: 2:00 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 2100 block of West Fourth Street in Duluth

On August 11th, 2016, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Duluth Police and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force arrested 25 year old Justin Charles Dowell of Duluth after executing a search warrant at a residence located in the area of the 2100 block of West Fourth Street in Duluth. During the execution of the search warrant, investigators located methamphetamine, heroin, and a firearm. Dowell was taken to jail and formally charged in St. Louis District Court for felon in possession of a firearm and 5th degree possession of a controlled substance.

Dowell’s criminal history reveals multiple prior convictions for felony Fifth-Degree Possession of a Controlled Substance and two convictions for Financial Transaction Card Fraud in St. Louis County District Court.