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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: 4/22/2021
SUBJECT: Duluth Police take barricaded individual into custody
BY: Kate Van Daele, Public Information Officer

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Arrest
CASE NO.: 21-050161
INCIDENT DATE: 4/22/2021
INCIDENT TIME: 9:23 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 2200 block Nanticoke Street

Duluth Police take barricaded individual into custody

[Duluth, MN] At approximately 8:21 p.m. the Duluth Police Department arrested a 30-year-old male, after a standoff that lasted over seven hours in the Piedmont neighborhood.

The individual’s active warrants for include Intensive Supervisor Release/violation probation for 1st degree, Criminal Sexual Conduct, 1st Degree DWI, and 1st Degree Domestic Assault. This individual also has pending criminal cases for three different 1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, Felony Domestic Assault by Strangulation, and Misdemeanor Domestic Assault.

The Duluth Tactical Response Team arrived on the scene at 4:30 p.m. and used chemical munitions in an attempt to gain the cooperation and surrender of the individual. At approximately 7:30 p.m., the City of Superior, through a mutual aid agreement, brought their armored vehicle to the scene. The vehicle was brought in to provide safety for officers. St. Louis County also provided an armored vehicle to provide additional resources.

“Our officers exhausted every option to have this situation end safely,” Deputy Chief Nick Lukovsky. “These are tense, stressful, and exhausting incident. I am really proud of the men and women of the Duluth Police Department, our Tactical Response Team, and those who assisted tonight.”

The Duluth Police Department remained to be the lead agency in this situation while members of the Superior Police Department and St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response team assisted.

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