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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: 10/20/2022
SUBJECT: Individual Arrested on Pending Charges of 1st Degree Sale of Controlled Substances 
BY: Mattie Hjelseth, Duluth Police Department Public Information Officer

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Suspicious Vehicle
CASE NO.: 22151471
INCIDENT DATE: 10/19/2022
INCIDENT TIME: 12:20 p.m.
INCIDENT LOCATION: 1300 block Commonwealth Ave

Individual Arrested on Pending Charges of 1st Degree Sale of Controlled Substances 

At approximately 12:20 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, a Duluth Police Officer on D shift responded to a suspicious vehicle near the 1300 block of Commonwealth Avenue. The owner of the vehicle, later identified as 62-year-old Silver Bay resident Robert Clement, is known by the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force (LSVOTF) as a methamphetamine dealer. LSVOTF Investigator Stutsman and K9 Maverick respond to the scene. K9 Maverick alerts to the presence of controlled substances at the rear passenger side of the vehicle. A subsequent probable cause search of the vehicle is conducted and 87.99 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a scale were recovered from the area K9 Maverick alerted to. Clement was arrested and lodged at the St. Louis County Jail on pending charges of 1st Degree Sale of a Controlled Substance. Good work by responding officers for apprehending this individual to continue to make Duluth a drug-free community.

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