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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: 1/24/2019
SUBJECT: Press Conference: Spike in Suspected Overdose Deaths
BY: Lt. Jeff Kazel

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Supected Overdose Deaths
CASE NO.:
INCIDENT DATE:
INCIDENT TIME: 0900
INCIDENT LOCATION: Public Safety Building Training Room

The Duluth Police Department will be holding a press conference tomorrow morning Friday January 25, 2019 at 0900am in the training room located at the Public Safety Building.  We will be addressing a spike in suspected drug overdose deaths since the beginning of 2019.  Chief Mike Tusken along with Lieutenant Jeff Kazel will speak to this dangerous trend and recent arrests that have interrupted the distribution chain.