Jesse Lee Fechner has pending criminal sexual conduct cases dating back to 2008. Written By: Andee Erickson | ×
Duluth police respond to an incident in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood Thursday, April 22, 2021. ( File / Teri Cadeau / News Tribune)
The 31-year-old Duluth man arrested Thursday night after a seven-hour standoff with police in a Piedmont Heights neighborhood house has been identified as Jesse Lee Fechner.
Duluth s public information officer, Kate Van Daele, confirmed Friday that Fechner was the suspect.
In March, Sixth District Court in Duluth issued three warrants for Fechner s arrest. According to court records, Fechner was convicted of first-degree DWI in 2018 and had violated his probation. He had also violated his conditions of release related to pending criminal sexual conduct cases.
Arrest made after 7-hour standoff in Duluth s Piedmont Heights neighborhood
The public was asked to stay away from the 2200 block of Nanticoke Street while police were on the scene for seven hours. Written By: Izabel Johnson | Teri Cadeau | 10:22 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
A white smoky gas is emitted after a loud bang was heard during a standoff between the Duluth Police Department and a 30-year-old man with multiple arrest warrants in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Teri Cadeau / tcadeau@duluthnews.com)
After a standoff lasting seven hours, a 30-year-old Duluth man who resisted arrest and barricaded himself inside his house in Duluth s Piedmont neighborhood Thursday afternoon was taken into custody by the Duluth Police Department at approximately 8:21 p.m. He was transported to a nearby hospital to be checked over before being taken to the St. Louis County Jail.
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BCA: Duluth Standoff Suspect Who Killed K9 Luna Incited 2 Shootouts With Police
David Conwell, 37, was shot and killed by St. Louis County deputies when he pointed his gun at them from the house s porch after prior gunfire, according to the BCA.
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The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says David Conwell, 37, of Duluth shot at Duluth police two separate times before his third attempt backfired in a big way being shot dead by St. Louis County deputies.
FOX 21’s Dan Hanger reports:
The latest from the BCA reveals Duluth police had no indication Conwell was armed after a 911 call from a neighbor about a possible physical domestic incident Thursday, Feb. 25 around 8:30 p.m., and officers could not determine if the female inside the home was actually assaulted when they spoke with her.