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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: 2/1/2022
SUBJECT: Duluth Police Officers Arrest Individual on Multiple Pending Charges
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer

NATURE OF INCIDENT:
CASE NO.: 22014127
INCIDENT DATE: 1/31/2022
INCIDENT TIME: 10:40 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 69th Ave W and Raleigh St

Duluth Police Officers Arrest Individual on Multiple Pending Charges 

At approximately 10:40 p.m., Monday, January 31, 2022, Duluth Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a car in a snowbank at the intersection of 69th Ave W and Raleigh St. Officers responded and located a male, later identified as 30-year-old Carlton resident Paul Booker, who appeared to be passed out in the driver’s seat. Next to him in the passenger seat was a handgun. Responding officers were able to unlock the vehicle with an unlock kit and secure the handgun. It was later discovered the handgun was loaded.

He was detained and transported to a local hospital for a DWI chemical test. No one was injured in this incident.

Booker was booked in the St. Louis County Jail on pending charges of DWI, Felon in Possession of a Handgun, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Introduce Drugs into Correctional Facility, Carry Pistol Without a Permit, and Carry Pistol While Under the Influence. Good work by responding officers for safely apprehending Booker.

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