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City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
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
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 7/1/2021
SUBJECT: Individual booked on 2nd and 3rd Degree Assault charges
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Stabbing
CASE NO.: 21057685
INCIDENT DATE: 5/7/2021
INCIDENT TIME: 6:03 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 block of West 4th Street
SUBJECT: Individual booked on 2nd and 3rd Degree Assault charges
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Stabbing
CASE NO.: 21057685
INCIDENT DATE: 5/7/2021
INCIDENT TIME: 6:03 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 block of West 4th Street
At 6:03 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2021, Duluth Police Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of West 4th Street on a report of a stabbing. The victim, a 22-year-old female, sustained an injury to her neck as the result of the stabbing and was rushed to surgery due to significant blood loss. The female survived her injuries and is in the process of making a full recovery.
On Friday, May 7, Duluth Police Violent Crime Unit Investigators followed up with the incident and concluded that Brian Lee Saice, a 37-year-old male was responsible for the stabbing. Saice was subsequently arrested on Monday, June 28, 2021, on warrants for unrelated charges. Today, Thursday, July 1, 2021, Saice was booked in the St. Louis County Jail on charges of 2nd Degree Assault and 3rd Degree Assault.